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From: bmw@isgtec.uucp (Bruce M. Walker)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: microprocessor wanted
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Date: 26 Apr 91 14:00:48 GMT
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In article <119279@unix.cis.pitt.edu> fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz) needs:
< 	o	8-bit (16-bit would be nice)
< 	o	~10MHz clock
< 	o	ability to address 64K of RAM (more would be nice)
< 	o	BUILT-IN floating processor (that's the problem)
< 	o	CHEAP (under $40)

You need a DSP.  Look at AT&T's offerings and Analog Devices ADSP
series.  The Analog Devices advertise (in EET) at $40 prices.  I have
used TI's fixed-point devices, and they have a nice FP jobby, but it is
way out of your price range.

Either way, expect byzantine instructions sets that make the 80x86
series look orthogonal.  Most (maybe all?) have C compilers.

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bmw@isgtec.uucp  [ ..uunet!utai!lsuc!isgtec!bmw ]  Bruce Walker