On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 12:44:38PM +0200, Tjaart van der Walt wrote:
> Justin Grimm wrote:
>
> 16 bit uPro's are not really worth the effort. The cost difference
> between the 16 bit and the 32 bit is too small to use a 16 bit.
> If you just need more memory and so on, the higher end 8 bit micros might
> be better (NEC, ATMEL etc) and much cheaper. Another point to considder,
> is that dev. kits for 8 bit micro's are much cheaper than that of 16 and
> 32 bit.  If I had to buy a brand spanking new kit, I'd go for the NEC 780034.
> 32k Flash, 1k RAM, UARTS, A/D's blah blah blah. It is real cheap too.
> Even cheaper than the comparable ATMELs.

It sure does look like a nice part, and it even
comes in PDIP. But how does one buy them? Using
http://www.findchips.com (I agree, excellent site) and
PartMiner, I can find only one distributer that admits that
they exist; Marshall lists a single form of it, the LQFP
UPD78F0034GC, at $6.15 each when they have them; however
it's out of stock and the quoted lead time is 112 days. The
base emulator system (the IE-78K0-NS) is known to Sterling
and Future; Future lists it at $4,755, "Call for Stock" --
debug software, adapters, simulators, etc. extra. The
assembler, RA78K/0, seems to cost $395, the C compiler
$655.

It would appear that, should any of these items be
available anywhere, a full development system wuold
cost as much as $7-10K?

Perhaps we could set a new rule: When recommending
an alternative part, the recommendation needs to
include the cost of the development system and
a place one can buy it and the parts. :-)

--Bob

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