Post by thread:[OT] sort of. 16 bit Microcontroller

Justin Grimm wrote: > > Hi Piclisters > Im thinking of migrating towards a 16 bit microcontroller, possibly > with a uart, a/d etc. Does anyone know of any good contenders? > Thanks > Justin 16 bit uPro's are not really worth the effort. The cost difference between the 16 bit and the 32 bit is too small to use a 16 bit. If you just need more memory and so on, the higher end 8 bit micros might be better (NEC, ATMEL etc) and much cheaper. Another point to considder, is that dev. kits for 8 bit micro's are much cheaper than that of 16 and 32 bit. If I had to buy a brand spanking new kit, I'd go for the NEC 780034. 32k Flash, 1k RAM, UARTS, A/D's blah blah blah. It is real cheap too. Even cheaper than the comparable ATMELs. -- Friendly Regards /"\ \ / Tjaart van der Walt X ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN spam_OUTtjaartTakeThisOuTcellpt.co.za / \ AGAINST HTML MAIL |--------------------------------------------------| | GSM Technology for Positioning and Telematics | | Cellpoint Systems SA http://www.cellpt.com | | http://www.wasp.co.za/~tjaart/index.html | | WGS84 -26.0124 +28.1129 Voice +27 (0)11 2545100 | |--------------------------------------------------|

Justin Grimm wrote: > > Hi Piclisters > Im thinking of migrating towards a 16 bit microcontroller, possibly > with a uart, a/d etc. Does anyone know of any good contenders? > Thanks > Justin SIEMENS SAB80C166 is good! The better that i already have seen! Miguel

Hitachi 16-bit H8/300H series. H8/3048 is a good device. 128Kbytes ROM, 4Kbytes RAM, 18MHz clock, 16Mbyte linear address space, DRAM refresh controller, DMA controller, etc. Also available in flash version H8/3048F. The Development Kit goes for only US$98. Check it out at http://www.halsp.hitachi.com Or subscribe to the H8-LIST at http://www.smiling.net Regards, Peter Tiang > Hi Piclisters > Im thinking of migrating towards a 16 bit microcontroller, possibly > with a uart, a/d etc. Does anyone know of any good contenders? > Thanks > Justin >