At 22:52 10/12/98 PST, you wrote: >Hum, >>Processor read/write access to program memory !!!!! > >This will be very interesting to play with. What does this mean, >exactly? What will we be able to do with this? > >-Dave Well for starters, it means the code area can be "self tested" via a checksum. I believe this is a requirement for certain government "certifications" (for life support etc) that microchip have hither to been frozen out of. I could be wrong, it is just something I thought I came across somewhere. Jim > >>Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 02:47:34 -0300 >>Reply-To: netquake@innocent.com >>From: netQ >>Subject: PIC16F87X - The kick a** flash version!!! >>To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >> >>Sorry, I'm posting this because I want to share my happyness!!! =] >> >>Operating speed: DC - 20 MHz clock input DC - 200 ns instruction cycle >>Up to 8K x 14 words of FLASH Program Memory, >>Up to 368 x 8 bytes of Data Memory (RAM) >>Up to 256 x 8 bytes of EEPROM data memory >>Pinout compatible to the PIC16C73/74/76/77 >>Interrupt capability (up to 14 internal/external interrupt sources) >>Eight level deep hardware stack >>Power-up Timer (PWRT) and Oscillator Start-up Timer (OST) >>Only single 5V source needed for programming !!!!!! >>Processor read/write access to program memory !!!!! >>Timer0: 8-bit timer/counter with 8-bit prescaler >>Timer1: 16-bit timer/counter with prescaler, can be incremented during >sleep via >>external crystal/clock >>Timer2: 8-bit timer/counter with 8-bit period register, prescaler and >postscaler >>Two Capture, Compare, PWM modules >>Capture is 16-bit, max. resolution is 12.5 ns, >>Compare is 16-bit, max. resolution is 200 ns, >>PWM max. resolution is 10-bit >>10-bit multi-channel Analog-to-Digital converter Synchronous Serial >Port (SSP) with >>SPI d (Master Mode) >>and I 2 C d (Master/Slave) >>Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (USART/SCI) >with 9-bit >>address detection >>Parallel Slave Port (PSP) 8-bits wide, with external RD, WR and CS >controls >>(40/44-pin only) >> >>P.D: Anyone that wants one of this tested, contact me. I will be too >happy to receive >>the chip! ;-) >> >>----------------------------------------------------- >>"Hiroshima '45 Tsjernobyl '86 ... Windows '95" >>Windows 95: n. 32 bit extensions and a graphical >>shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system >>originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written >>by a 2 bit company... >> >> netQ >> > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > -------------------------------------------------------- Jim Robertson Email: newfound@pipeline.com.au http://www.pipeline.com.au/users/newfound --------------------------------------------------------