My favorite uC familly is made by Silabs. They have a line of 8051 variants with excellent performance (up to 100 MIPS) and the SDCC compiler is free.
I have documented the main reasons for liking it there: http://www.eds-fl.com/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki.cgi?SiLabs (nomal ko4bb.com web site is down tonight, don't know why) Didier KO4BB > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 10:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] favorite microcontroller module? > > Hello Bob, > > >Has (?)/Had some extremely obscure bugs, don't recall the exact > >details right now, but I decided I didn't need the hassles in some > >lifesupport equipment I was designing. > >Was the original Philips ARMs. > > NXP took care of most of the issues long time ago. Remaining > bugs are well documented, better than parts from other > companies without documented bug list. > > Get the /01 versions of the chips. Available for around $2 in > volume. Easily available on Digikey, and dev boards are > $30.95 on Sparkfun. Free GNU tools available, including > several free OS's. Love the fact that executables run on > different parts, one can choose based on memory requirements. > > Another one is NEC, they make a host of Microcontrollers that > are extremely popular in Detroit. Lot's of support, > high-reliability with wide temp ranges etc. They have units > with direct LCD drive, motor control circuitry, etc. > > bye, > Said > > > > > **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at > the Grammy > Awards. Go to AOL Music. > (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, > go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.6/1280 - Release > Date: 2/15/2008 9:00 AM > > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.6/1280 - Release Date: 2/15/2008 9:00 AM _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
