. I now have all the major parts on order, I was able to get the ARM mbed 1776 from Mouser for only $55 including shipping :-) The total was $139.30 for all of the major parts, the rest resisters, capacitors, transistors, voltage regulator, LED's etc. I have on hand.
If I have overlooked anything, it couldn't be over $10.00 so the total cost is right at $150.00
So far the only negative thing I have to say about Laos is that they have their information scattered all over the Internet, I was finally able to find a good schematic at the below link:
http://jeelabs.net/attachments/downl...matic-rev3.pdf