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Re:More Than Half a Million Raspberry Pis Sold by marshray on Wednesday January 09, 2013 @06:14PM (#5034169)
$24 ATmega32 http://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Mega-MEGA-2560-Board/dp/B004A7...

For ARM, I prefer to solder my own LQFP at about $7. http://twitpic.com/btvkmd

You're right though, someday I'd love to be able to transplant BGA packages.

Re:More Than Half a Million Raspberry Pis Sold by CamperBob2 on Wednesday January 09, 2013 @11:31PM (#5035425)
You're right though, someday I'd love to be able to transplant BGA packages.

It can be done. Surface tension is a wonderful thing.