I’m also going to spend a little time with the design to see if I can squeeze in 0805 caps and resistors. While they’re not much more expensive, they’re significantly more hand-solder-friendly. I’ve also swapped out crystal packages several times 
Ah, your parts list [italic]included[/italic] the chip… missed that. $30 apiece for three at a time is doable.
This mislead me too. $30 is much better indeed.
Actually, the 32 KHz crystal and 2 of the caps are optional as well (if you’re not going to use the RTC), which brings the cost down another $0.71.
Who here knows eagle really well?
Gus for sure. The rest depends on the question. What do you need?
Ask in new thread.
Alright. I reworked the board a bit, replaced all the parts with easier-to-solder equivalents (0805 for caps and resistors, and larger crystals), and reduced the BOM by one (yay!).
It strikes me that I could easily place the pads necessary to implement the USB regulator on the board (there’s tons of room now), and the USB connector could have the appropriate lines to turn one of the IOs (the only one not associated with a peripheral) into a +5V as well as run the board itself.
Anyway, here’s the new updated BOM:
Part Value Device Package Description
C1 27 pF C-USC0805 C0805 CAPACITOR, American symbol
C2 27 pF C-USC0805 C0805 CAPACITOR, American symbol
C3 27 pF C-USC0805 C0805 CAPACITOR, American symbol
C4 27 pF C-USC0805 C0805 CAPACITOR, American symbol
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=709-1173-1-ND
$0.42 per 10 $2.47 per 100
C5 .1 uF C-USC0805 C0805 CAPACITOR, American symbol
C6 .1 uF C-USC0805 C0805 CAPACITOR, American symbol
C7 .1 uF C-USC0805 C0805 CAPACITOR, American symbol
C8 .1 uF C-USC0805 C0805 CAPACITOR, American symbol
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=478-1395-1-ND
$0.44 per 10 $2.60 per 100
JP1 PINHD-1X24 1X24 PIN HEADER
JP2 PINHD-1X24 1X24 PIN HEADER
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=A26509-40-ND
$1.76 per 1 $15.72 per 10
JP3 PINHD-2X4 2X04 PIN HEADER (OPTIONAL)
JP5 JTAG PINHD-2X4 2X04 PIN HEADER (OPTIONAL)
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=609-3362-ND
$0.48 per 1 $5.74 per 25
R1 15k R-US_R0805 R0805 RESISTOR, American symbol
R4 15k R-US_R0805 R0805 RESISTOR, American symbol
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=RMCF0805JT15K0CT-ND
$0.03 per 1 $0.21 per 10 $0.58 per 50
X1 32.768 KHz CRYSTAL-ABS25 ABS25 Low frequency SMD crysal
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=535-9166-1-ND
$0.71 per 1 $6.18 per 10 $27.08 per 50
X2 12 MHz CRYSTAL-CSM-3X CSM-3X
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=XC1770CT-ND
$0.53 per 1 $4.55 per 10 $19.95 per 50
IC1 LPC2368 LPC2368 LQFP100
http://www.ghielectronics.com/catalog/product/117
$16.95 per 1 $358 per 25
Going by the numbers here, producing one bare-bones board (no headers on USB/JTAG, no RTC machinery) would cost $21.89 plus PCB.
Producing 25 boards would cost $16.98 per board, plus PCB, and you’d have parts left over.
Adding RTC costs and additional $0.71 per board in quantities of one.
The neatest thing about this board is how it’s not only a USBizi breakout, it’s a generic LPC23xx breakout as well as a generic LPC17xx breakout.
Great, how do we organize a group order?
Sign me up as well. Also is the eagle file public?
Yes! I’m down for 2 to start, regardless. Got an Ant worthy project ready to prototype!
We could always do Paypal payments up front for the boards/parts. Maybe GHI could help us out with a “secret product number” to collect preorders, then the parts could be directly shipped to somebody for kitting and distributing.
Other group order ideas appreciated.
We may have something better cooking for everyone. We should know in about one week!
Better? hum… ok gus.
No secrets allowed on community projects! Whazzup with “something better cooking”, G-man?
Better than ~$25/board? I’d be in heaven!
Sorry, this is not about this board all together but something that will help…grrrr I can’t say more! :wall:
kurtnelle evil grins because he knows that the community will get it out of gus before the week is out
maybe a little GHI love in the form of cash support for starving artist type community members? maybe some donated pcb fab time from a manufacturing partner?
@ kurtnelle - how can we virtually torture Gus until he talks?
That would be my guess too. But more like a pcb fab service through GHI. That seems to be the trend lately. Many online shops offer this now.
My guess is they’ve trained the monkey’s to etch PCBs. 
Does a company usually show pictures of their workers on their web site?
No! The monkey’s are the GHI executive team.