Sort-of....

Get a GOOD vendor who will pay the up-front cost, order the initial run,
and prorate the expense into the cost of the parts. Then, it's just value
added expenses... ie, $0.15/$0.20 per device.


At 06:02 PM 11/24/99 -0200, you wrote:
>You have to pay about US$2000 to Microchip as MASK production and buy 10000
>pieces in a year.
>
>Marcelo
>
>>Do you know what the minimum volume required for a mask is
>>for the 12bit instruction PICs?
>>
>>Craig
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
>>> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Marcelo Yamamoto
>>> Sent: November 24, 1999 12:28 PM
>>> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>>> Subject: Re: REPHRASED--In which PICs is the copy protection
>>>
>>>
>>> ROM Version is the most in-vulnerable. OTP is a EPROM version without the
>>> window, also known as PROM. ROM chip is produced under a custom made MASK
>>> config.
>>>
>>> Marcelo
>>>
>>> Craig wrote:
>>>
>>> >So what you are saying is that the OTP devices are the most
>>> in-vulnerable?
>>> >
>>> >> -----Original Message-----
>>> >> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
>>> >> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Wagner Lipnharski
>>> >> Sent: November 24, 1999 11:03 AM
>>> >> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>>> >> Subject: Re: REPHRASED--In which PICs is the copy protection most
>>> >> easilybreached?
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> If you consider the fact that any "field programmable unit" (eprom,
>>> >> eeprom and flash) has a kind of "volatile" protection bits, while the
>>> >> ROM type has fuses (that are not reversible), then all e2prom,
>>> eprom and
>>> >> flash devices can be considered "more vulnerable" to piracy.
>>> >> Wagner
>>> >
>>>
>>
>
>
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