Dennis Plunkett wrote:

> At 08:02 PM 6/05/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >Does anyone know of a serial static RAM I could use for additional PIC
> >data memory?  I am attempting to alter a pre-existing design that uses
> >93C66 EEPROMs, so something with the same pinout and bit-banging scheme
> >would be nice, although not absolutely necessary.  I don't care whether
> >the SRAM is volatile or not.
> >
> >The only firm requirements are three pin interface, minimum 64 bytes RAM
> >per chip (bigger is better), and no write cycle limitations like those
> >associated with EEPROM and FLASH.
> >
> >Bonuses would be:
> >     256 bytes per chip
> >     nonvolatile
> >     8 pin package with pinout similar to 93C66 EEPROM

PCF8583 buys you 240 bytes of SRAM as well as a clock/calendar.

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