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+mbed port to NXP LPC43xx
+========================
+Updated: 06/24/13
+
+The NXP LPC43xx microcontrollers are the first to include multiple Cortex-M
+cores in a single microcontroller package. This port allows mbed developers
+to take advantage of the LPC43xx in their application using APIs that they
+are familiar with. Some of the key features of the LPC43xx include:
+
+* Dual core ARM Cortex-M4/M0 both capable of up to 204 MHz
+* Up to 264 KB SRAM, 1 MB internal flash
+* Two High-speed USB 2.0 interfaces
+* Ethernet MAC
+* LCD interface
+* Quad-SPI Flash Interface (SPIFI)
+* State Configurable Timer (SCT)
+* Serial GPIO (SGPIO)
+* Up to 164 GPIO
+
+The NXP LPC18xx is a single core Cortex-M3 implementation that is compatible
+with the LPC43XX for cost-sensitive applications not requiring multiple cores.
+
+mbed port to the LPC43XX - Micromint USA <support@micromint.com>
+
+Compatibility
+-------------
+* This port has been tested with the following boards:
+    Board                    MCU        RAM/Flash
+    Micromint Bambino 200    LPC4330    264K SRAM/4 MB SPIFI flash
+
+* Ethernet, USB and microSD filesystem drivers will be available when the
+  Bambino 200E is released.
+
+* This port uses offline toolchains. Development and testing has been done
+  mainly with the Keil MDK 4.70. Some testing has been done with IAR 6.5.
+  Eventually Keil, IAR and GCC CodeRed will be supported.
+
+* CMSIS-DAP debugging is not currently implemented. To debug use a JTAG.
+  The NXP DFU tool can be used for flash programming.
+
+* This port should support NXP LPC43XX and LPC18XX variants with a single
+  codebase. The core declaration specifies the binaries to be built:
+    mbed define      CMSIS define  MCU Target
+    __CORTEX_M4      CORE_M4       LPC43xx Cortex-M4
+    __CORTEX_M0      CORE_M0       LPC43xx Cortex-M0
+    __CORTEX_M3      CORE_M3       LPC18xx Cortex-M3
+  These MCUs all share the peripheral IP, common driver code is feasible.
+  Yet each variant can have different memory segments, peripherals, etc.
+  Plus, each board design can integrate different external peripherals
+  or interfaces. A future release of the mbed SDK and its build tools will
+  support specifying the target board when building binaries. At this time
+  building binaries for different targets requires an external project or
+  Makefile.
+
+* No testing has been done with LPC18xx hardware. At the very least supporting
+  the LPC18xx would require different compiler flags, additional CMSIS core_cm3
+  code as well as minor driver code changes.
+
+Notes
+-----
+* On the LPC43xx the hardware pin name and the GPIO pin name are not the same,
+  requiring different offsets for the SCU and GPIO registers. To simplify logic
+  the pin identifier encodes the offsets. Macros are used for decoding.
+  For example, P6_11 corresponds to GPIO3[7] and is encoded/decoded as follows:
+
+    P6_11 = MBED_PIN(0x06, 11, 3, 7) = 0x032C0067
+
+    MBED_SCU_REG(P6_11)  = 0x4008632C      MBED_GPIO_PORT(P6_11) = 3
+    MBED_GPIO_REG(P6_11) = 0x400F4000      MBED_GPIO_PIN(P6_11)  = 7
+
+* The LPC43xx implements GPIO pin and group interrupts. Any pin in the 8 32-bit
+  GPIO ports can interrupt (LPC4350 supports up to 164). On group interrupts a
+  pin can only interrupt on the rising or falling edge, not both as required
+  by the mbed InterruptIn class. Also, group interrupts can't be cleared
+  individually. This implementation uses pin interrupts (8 on M4/M3, 1 on M0).
+  A future implementation may provide group interrupt support.