Perhaps on a quad 555 replacement. If one truely wanted to replace a 555 then
a couple of the input pins should have a/d's on them (to simulate
 thresh/trigger)

It would interesting to see an implementation of the Dallas one-wire protocol
 and
an LCD driver in an 8 pin package. This would make an interesting peripheral
would it not?

--Chuck

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From:   William Chops Westfield[SMTP:billw@CISCO.COM]
Sent:   Thursday, October 10, 1996 6:43 PM
To:     Multiple recipients of list PICLIST
Subject:        Re: Siren sound -Reply

    I hope to be able to shoehorn many of these into sub-one-dollar parts
    like the 12C508, because I can market these cheap, one chip solutions
    that require very few external components.

That would be nice.  But isn't the "sub-dollar" price in quantities of
50,000 or so?  Anyone know what prices are likely to be in more moderate
quantities? (Say 100.  Or 1.)

Still, it'll be a while before the ecconamically replace a 555 ($0.39 in
ones) and couple passive components...

BillW