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From: markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: 1802 et al.
Message-ID: <386@ssc.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jan 90 22:02:30 GMT
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In article <78519@psuecl.bitnet>, peg@psuecl.bitnet (PAUL E. GANTER) writes:
> 
> My personal favorite is the Motorola 6803.  It is a very simple processor,
> but includes goodies like a serial port (handy for downloading code to the
> board during debug), a timer, and 256 bytes of RAM.  The 68701 is an EPROM
> version of the 6801 (similar to the 6803 but with masked ROM).  It is a
> nice way to get a low chip count--has 2k of EPROM.

The Motorla 68HC11 is a superset of the 6803 with another index register.
A lot of advantages.  CMOS, A/D (8 bit), EEPROM.  It comes in several
flavors.

Hitachi also has the 6303, also a superset (but different) of the 6803.
Also CMOS.

markz@ssc.uucp