wouter van ooijen & floortje hanneman <PICLIST@mitvma.mit.edu> wrote:

> What are the currently available options for a PIC hobbyist to go
> USB?

    Wouter:

    WARNING!  I'm not totally unbiased, as I work for Cypress
    Semiconductor, the leading manufacturer of USB microprocessors.

    The only USB-capable PIC in production is low-speed only, and it
    costs more than comparable chips from other vendors.

> I have found the philips PDIUSBD11 ($3.05 at arrow).

    Yuck.

> Anything cheaper?

    You might want to look at Cypress's USB micros; we have a full
    line, from the low-speed chips that are used in
    Microsoft/Logitech/Apple mice all the way up to high-speed (480
    Mbit/sec) USB micros.

    The low-speed micros are REALLY cheap, and they need no external
    oscillator, reset circuit, etc.

> Is the USB-PIC available yet? Is a price set for it?

    The full-speed (12 Mbit/sec) PIC?  No, not available yet.

    -Andy


=== Andrew Warren -- aiw@cypress.com
=== Principal Design Engineer
=== Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
===
=== Opinions expressed above do not
=== necessarily represent those of
=== Cypress Semiconductor Corporation

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