Although involved, you might want to try implementing the functions you
want on a 12c671 as a synchronous serial slave device.  That will probably
be cheaper ($1.80) from a hardware standpoint than much anything else i
can think of, because mostly your going to find 8254 like things with
*LOTS* of functionality that you probably don't need.  However more info
about your application might be helpful, if you could describe it
electrically.


On Tue, 18 May 1999, Dave Johnson wrote:

> What companies make counter/timers these days? The only ones I saw in a
> cursory net search were various versions of the venerable 8254, but
> they're all big and power hungry. I'm hoping for something in a tiny,
> low-power package, like TSOP and micro-amps. Maybe too much to hope for...
>
> I need to measure a time interval that could range from tens of
> micro-seconds to perhaps a tenth of a second. A counter/timer seems the
> obvious way to approach this to my newbie mind, but any other suggestions
> are welcome.
>
> Dave Johnson
>