If the DSP has a /WAIT input for slow external memory you could use a PIC to feed it even the boot instructions. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level software) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Hyde" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 1:10 PM Subject: [EE]: Parallel ROM > Does anybody know of a small, cheap, parallel ROM device that is readily > available in surface mount? > > The problem is to provide a small boot loader (32 bytes would get the job > done) for a DSP (which will then download code from a PIC or brand X > microcontroller). > > Ancient ROM's and EPROM's such as 2708 come to mind, but it looks like they > are not available in small surface mount packages and are not cheap. > > Don Hyde dhyde@axonn.com > Senior Software Engineer > Axonn Corporation http://www.axonn.com > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics