On 08/30/2013 02:20 PM, jon wrote:
>> Thanks to all that replied to my shockingly newbie question! I googled
>> more and found the answers I needed. I love SDCC! But all of my work
>> with SDCC so far has been Z80 because I've worked with Z80 for well
>> over 25 years now.
>>
>> I wanted to switch to more modern chips. I liked the Atmel 89C55WD
>> because it has four IO ports plus 24K flash and 256 SRAM. It seemed to
>> be darn cheap for all of what it has built in.
> If your going to go modern then why not use an ARM core. STM32 for
> example.
>
> I used to program Z80 on CP/M, then Z80 on embedded boards. These days I
> don't bother with anything much smaller than a full ARM board with
> Linux. The price of ARM SOC is so low, compare a beagle board or
> Raspberry Pi or one of the generic ARM boards what other hardware you
> can buy for the money and its a no contest. Plus having a linux kernel
> gives me networking, filesystems, displays etc.
...and a rather dramatic amount of complexity to control eight relays.
Good heavens. I think I need a stiff drink after reading that.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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