# Getting Started with the LPC810

## Introduction

Danger: The LPC810 starter pack from Adafruit has been discontinued. This guide is here for reference only and may contain conflicts with modern software or have other issues.

![](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/006/788/medium800/microcontrollers_lpc800_dip8.jpg?1396842146)

The LPC810 is a new microcontroller from NXP, a super fast little controller has only 8 pins but packs a lot of punch with a high speed processor and 32 bit instructions. This learning guide will show you everything you need to know to get started with the ARM Cortex M0+ based LPC810 microcontroller. It will cover:

- Setting up a cross-compiling toolchain for ARM
- Creating and compiling your first blinky program
- Programming the LPC810 using free and open source tools

This tutorial is designed to be followed using the [Adafruit LPC810 Mini Starter Pack](http://www.adafruit.com/products/1336 "Link: http://www.adafruit.com/products/1336")  

![](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/008/751/medium800/microcontrollers_1336_LRG.jpg?1396872120)

- [Next Page](https://learn.adafruit.com/getting-started-with-the-lpc810/setting-up-an-arm-toolchain.md)

## Featured Products

### LPC810 Mini Starter Pack

[LPC810 Mini Starter Pack](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1336)
If you like the speed and simplicity of ARM Cortex M0+ chips, but want to just dip a toe in, you'll fall in love with the adorable little LPC810. This particular chip in DIP8 really jumped out at us since it's so different than what people usually think of when they hear 'ARM'....

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