FYI:
AMD Elan has a much higher cost to factor into your selling price
equations.
I have also heard rumors that the product being shipped is not of
consistent quality levels. However, have not seen it personally for
myself, just a comment from two different folks who are working on
prototype board development with AMD Elan as core.
John O
"Louis P. Santillan" wrote:
>
> I honestly dont have much experience building things by hand (though I'd
> like to learn). As far as I can tell, AMD's Elan series (which are the
> predecessors to uforCE) are complete microcontrollers w/all other
> components built on board. Dl the file
> http://www.amd.com/products/lpd/19181g.pdf and see what I am talking
> about. The uforCE is so COOL...it comes with an LCD, keyboard,
> digitizer for pen input, sound for MP3, ... only the plastic system shell
> & OS is required for safe use.
>
> Louis
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> "Leisure suits are for DUMB A**ES . . . believe me!!!"
> - Red Foreman of That '70s Show
>
> On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, thcg wrote:
>
> > Thanx Louis.. you solved it.:) just one more Q. I got another email
> > telling me about Embedded Intel processors. WTF! if theyre different from
> > intel microcontrollers like 8057, do they have everythingy onboard to
> > function as a motherboard too like a PIC? Eitherway I'll be using AMD...
> > theyre cheaper and thats the highest priority here.
> >
> > Not many people might be interested in this but Ive seen a possibility.
> > The local tribes in Quetta here in Pakistan work at home as a cottage
> > industry manufacturing terribly cheap plastic toys and rugs using
> > primitive devices. Their profit margine is really unimaginable and they
> > can put in much work as in the carpets....potential??
> > Running a linux system requires an MCU or embedded MPU, battery, LCD,
> > keyboard, its pcb, outer structure and not much else. Ive built basic PCB
> > and I think they can do even better.. enough to run embedded linux OS..
> > like a digital diary and many other things.... My job here is just to MFG
> > a prototype and they say they'll buy the idea and market it, even find
> > applications for it. If its constructed for under Rs.1000 (USD $20) it'll
> > sell.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Louis P. Santillan wrote:
> >
> > > Thats a quote from RC's site. If you are looking into small CPU's, I'd
> > > suggest looking into AMD E86 line, offering Micro Controller & Micro
> > > Processor Units with low voltage needs, and compatibility w/all x86 CPUs
> > > from 186 to K5. I especially like the uforCE (atleast w/a QNX, Linux,
> > > ELKS, or FreeDOS OS) offering a 486 compatible CPU with globs of RAM/ROM.
> > > I'd love to see one of those palmtops in my hands one of these days.
> > >
> > > Louis
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > > "Leisure suits are for DUMB A**ES . . . believe me!!!"
> > > - Red Foreman of That '70s Show
> > >
> > > On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, thcg wrote:
> > >
> > > > I sent a previous mail to the listserv with no response... my
> > > > question was:
> > > >
> > > > Are the 8086 instructions compatible with any intel
> > > > microcontrollers such as the 8051, 8057 80257 MC80257 etc? If so, very
> > > > cool linux machines with LCD displays and cheap MCUs can be build for the
> > > > third world :) . Any ideas anyone??
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
