Post by thread:[EE]: New Motorola 68HC908QY microcontroller

[EE]: New Motorola 68HC908QY microcontroller New bottom end extra cheap microcontroller "Nitron" family from Motorola. Excellent pricing (sub $US1 some versions) - up to 4K flash in an 8 pin DIP. Variants with 4 x 8 bit A2D, 2 x 16 bit timers with PWM, 8 & 16 pin versions. (No tssop 8 - perhaps nobody could see it :-) ). Prices range from about 1.33USD to 0.70USD in 1K - 10K drops for 4K, 2K to 1K parts. Some amazing capabilities in such a bottom end product and some interesting limitations. eg includes 16 bit stack relative addressing & can program internal flash from within program BUT can't process while doing so (if I understand what I've been told) but as low as 32 uS/byte flash programming. Range of development tools from $US168 ICP to full ICE. Free special edition Code Warrior / C. ___________________________ Comments from NZ FAE: To get 8 bit A/D and 16pin package the lowest cost is the 2K HC908QY2 at 0.93. The 1K parts are the ones without A/D , and 8pin package is the lowest cost point. The Texas Instruments MSP430F1101 is a little over $1USD in similar volumes , and carries a comparator supporting slope A/D in 20pin package, though uPower the 3V operation is perhaps not as convenient as the 5V capability of the HC908 from Motorola. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

I just ordered my free Nitron eval board from their web site, should be fun to play with but not that I love Motorola. Steve Smith Electrical Engineer University of Akron Departmen of Chemistry http://ebers.chemistry.uakron.edu -----Original Message----- From: Russell McMahon [spam_OUTapptechTakeThisOuTPARADISE.NET.NZ] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 9:04 AM To: .....PICLISTKILLspam@spam@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: [EE]: New Motorola 68HC908QY microcontroller ~ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Sorry, wow, that grammar and word choice was just awful. How about this instead -- , the new board should be fun to play with for the price. I didn't rush to order the new board because I love Motorola parts. I would rather stick with 8051's and PIC's. Steve Smith Electrical Engineer {Original Message removed}