Bob Drzyzgula wrote:
>
> 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. :-)

I can get them 8wks lead times. Our price was in the
$5's (10k/year), and the total dev kit (ICE, *and* IAR
compiler) was around $5000.

Are you buying from RS or Maplin? ;))

NEC is not in the hobby-ist game, so you won't find
onesies and twosies.

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