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From: tedwards@aplcomm.JHUAPL.EDU (Edwards Thomas G S1A x8297)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: cheap microcomputer chips for gadgets
Keywords: CMOS microcomputer chips gadgets
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Date: 26 Jun 91 13:44:24 GMT
References: <7991@alvin.mcnc.org> <1991Jun26.042001.13828@spool.cs.wisc.edu>
Reply-To: tedwards@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Edwards Thomas G S1A x8297 )
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In article <1991Jun26.042001.13828@spool.cs.wisc.edu> lee@pipe.cs.wisc.edu (Soo Lee) writes:
>In article <7991@alvin.mcnc.org> canovai@mcnc.org.UUCP (Chris Canovai [919 248-1993]) writes:
>>	My question is; is there a better family of microcomputer
>>	chips available today for small gadget applications?

>I was an enthusiastic fan of INTEL microcontroller family especially MCS-51
>and MCS-48. However, I switched to MC68HC11 family and am looking for MC68HC16
>for the near future. This coup had happened after my in-house ICE for 8051
>had a bunch of chips toasted due to unhappy negligence on live 100V AC contact.

I'll also reccommend the MC68HC11.  On board multiple-channel D/A,
many output ports coupled with an onboard timer, CMOS low-power,
and all kinds of wierd systems for fault-detection and security make it
a really neat microcontroller.  

Right now I am using the HC11 EVB to test neuromorphic VLSI chips.
Infact, several students at Hopkins are using HC11 EVBs as test platforms.

-Tom