hello
take a look at the LPC2148 education Board From Embedded Artists , I think this is a good board to start with ,with a fair price, i currently purchaced that board and eagerly waiting for it to arrive
it has
On-board Peripherals
• 2x16 character LCD with background light
• Joystick switch
• RS232 interface on UART #0
• USB 2.0 interface
• RGB-LED, each color can be controlled via PWM signal
• 8 LEDs
• Pushbutton on P0.14
• 8x8 LED matrix, controlled via shift registers in the SPI bus
• MMC/SD memory card interface
• Brushless DC motor control
• Piezoelectric buzzer
• Servo interface (3-pol)
• 2 Analog inputs
• Low-pass filtering of PWM signal
• 1 Analog output
• Reset button
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