Bah, 8 pins is way overkill for a fan controller, Microchip has a uC in a SOT-6 package that could probably do the job :)
Didier Chris Albertson <[email protected]> wrote: >> But for many applications, the inevitable overhead >> (power, heat, external components, OS, etc) simply >> eliminates the gain of having a better/faster CPU. >> >> Sometimes I end up using a 6 or 8 pin PIC with only >> a few lines of code to to solve complex problems where >> a (F)PGA/CPLD design would be a lot of work and a >> 16/32bit microcontroller simply overkill. > > >As it turns out there are a LOT more simple jobs than there are >complex jobs. This is why they make and sel a lot motr 8-t >controllers than they sell 32-bit controllers. > >For example I want to control the cooling fan for a rubidium >oscillator's heat sink. I only need three pins, 1) the temperature >sensor, 2) Fan tachometer pulse, fan voltage. A $1 "tiny AVR" 8-pin >chip can handle this just fine and we are talking about 20 lines of >code maybe after the pins are set up. Using an ARM and running an OS >would be silly overkill. > >-- > >Chris Albertson >Redondo Beach, California >_______________________________________________ >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. -- Sent from my Motorola Droid Razr 4G LTE wireless tracker while I do other things. _______________________________________________ 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.
