Post by thread:[Fwd: Motorola or Zilog low cost processors?]

part 0 921 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset=us-ascii (decoded 7bit) Return-Path: <spam_OUTrjmTakeThisOuTbuffnet.net> Received: from buffnet.net (aappp39.buffnet.net [208.28.189.43]) by mail1.buffnet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA94663 for <.....rjmKILLspam@spam@buffnet.net>; Wed, 29 Sep 1999 10:29:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rjmKILLspambuffnet.net) Message-ID: <.....37F22257.E5163C2KILLspam.....buffnet.net> Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 10:29:43 -0400 From: Roger Morella <EraseMErjmspam_OUTTakeThisOuTbuffnet.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Motorola or Zilog low cost processors? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: undisclosed-recipients:; X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Someone recently informed me that Motorola and ZIlog both have low cost processors (< $1.00 US). Has anyone out there had any experience with these? What are the tools available? How has the sourcing been?

>Someone recently informed me that Motorola and ZIlog both have low cost >processors (< $1.00 US). >Has anyone out there had any experience with these? >What are the tools available? >How has the sourcing been? Verily. The low end Z8s can be had for as low as $0.69 in quantity. BUT. Tools are expensive, support is awful, and some devices have no OTP, emulator, or erasable parts (MASK-ONLY DEVELOPMENT!) The E04 and E08 are ok, and the emulator is only about $8k. OTPs are about $2-$3, and are fairly available. No erasables. There is also a $1200 unit which is supposed to be an emulator and programmer, but it blows the stack in single-stepping, so it's basically an expensive programmer. The good emulators come from Signum (maybe others too) Sourcing was the one thing we didn't have a problem with. If you want to do that, I've got a pair of emulators that will be up for sale soon. Signum Z8 emulator, and the Zilog emulator/programmer. I used to do development on the E04/E08 and the C21/C61