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I'm relatively new to programming with Microcontrollers. I bought an LPC1313 MCU and an FTDI RS232 cable from newark. I later found out that I would need to construct a PCB with 6 pin headers inorder to make the MCU interface properly with the cable. I have no idea how to make that. Are there any books or resources that I can read or look at to get an idea of how to make that?

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Pick 1:

  1. Buy an evaluation board

  2. Buy a suitable break-out board for the package purchased E.g.

  3. Buy a generic proto board with suitable footprint. Maybe?

  4. Put the LPC1313 to one side, buy an Arduino and use that instead. as Brian K suggests in a comment below.

The Arduino suggestion, though in many ways similar to the first option above, is a good one in that there is a very large community of Arduino users who provide support to people new to electronics.

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That is one of the most helpful answers I have heard in a long time. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! –  Coder404 Jun 13 '13 at 15:16
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Buy an Arduino and get started with that. –  BrianK Jun 14 '13 at 0:20
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Or buy an MSP430, or an STM32 Discovery, or a Raspberry Pi, or a PIC board... Arduinos are not the be-all and end-all of MCU's, and I'd say they are actually poor value & teach a relatively poor style of programming compared to using C on an MSP or STM32 etc. –  John U Jun 14 '13 at 8:08
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