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Does anyone out there make a habit of using C004s as data
multiplexers/demultiplexers?   I'd like to use one as a means of
streaming data from a set of 16 flash A/D converters into a Transputer
system for on-line data processing.  Clearly, I could simply use a
combination of C011s with Transputers doing the demultiplexing, but
that would mean dedicating 9 Transputers to data acquisition - not
the most efficient use of silicon! The obvious route would seem to be
via C011s all connected to a C004 with a single T414 synchronising
the whole lot, but before I start putting together a development
board, I'd appreciate your comments/advice/derision.

Thanks in advance,
Magnus Paterson,
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.

MJP@UK.AC.ROE.VAXB