HI.
EG3 http://www.cera2.com/index.html is pretty popular but I don't like them
because their rating systems is very much influenced by paid ads. Of course
magazines buyer's guides tend to have lots of information laid out in
detailed charts, but they are also inclined to only tell you about companies
that have paid their fees, besides, either yo get the mag or you don't. You
can't just go find it when you need it.
My company, Vesta Techonolgy makes versatile, low-power, pic-based SBCs and
I think that we do an excellent job of giving you all the information you
might want on our web site (but then I maintain the web site, so I'm
biased). our site is www.vestatech.com.
sorry I don't have a perfect answer for you. However I do have this nifty
chart of our competitors and their web sites:
Company Web site Key words
AAEON Electronics www.aaeon.com PC/104
Accelent sys www.accelent.com PCMCIA
Acces IO www.acces-usa.com
Acqutek www.acqu.com Backplane cameras displays pentium
ACT Tecnico www.acttechnico.com PCI
Actisys www.actisys.com
ADAC www.adac.com PCI
Adaptive Systems, Inc. www.adaptivesystems.com x86
Adastra www.adastra.com PC/104 PCI WinCE
Adtron www.adtron.com
Advanced Design System www.advdesignsolutions.com
Advanced Digital Logic, Inc. www.digitallogic.ch Embedded PC
Advantech www.advantech.com
Aerotech www.aerothechusa.com
Alacron www.alacron.com PCI, VME
Algorythmic www.algor.co.uk PCI, ISA,PCMCIA
Alphi Technology www.alphitech.com PCI PC/104 VME
Alta Technology www.altatech.com PCI Mezzanine
AM Reasearch www.amresearch.com Embedded Control
American Predator www.americanpreditor.com
Ampro Computers www.ampro.com PC, PC104, EBX
analog devices www.analog.com
antona www.antona.com
Apex Embedded Systems www.apexembedded.com
Applied Data Systems www.flatpanels.com WinCE Flatpanels
Applied Integrations www.appliedi.com
Appor www.appro.com network appliances
Arbor Technology www.arbor.com.tw/main/htm pc/104
Arcom Control Systems www.arcom.co.uk/eg3
Arise www.arisecomputer.com/www.araise.com
Ashware www.ashware.com TPU
Atlas Communication Engines www.ace360.com
Avantech www.avantech.com Pentium
AVR Sprint www.embedsys.com
Axiom Manufacturing www.axman.com
Axiom Technology www.axiomtek.com pci, Data acquisition, pentium
Bagotronix www.bagotronix.com Embedded Control -188
Basicon Inc. www.basicon.com
Bipom www.bipom.com 8051
Bittware Research Systems www.bittware.com
Blue earth research www.blueearthresearch.com 8051, 8052, Basic
boser www.boser.com x86
BVM limited www.bvmltd.com
Carlo Gavazzi www.carlogavazzi.com
Catalyst Enterprises www.catalyst-ent.com
Celerity Systems www.csidaq.com
Cell Computing www.cellcomputing.com
CETIA www.cetia.com
Cetia www.cetia.com
Coactive networks www.coactive.com
COMARK www.comarkcorp.com
CompuLab www.compulab.co.il PC 486CORE
Concur systems www.concursys.com
Connecticut Micro computers www.2cmc.com networking and swiches
Corelis www.corelis.com
Cyclone Microsystems www.cyclone.com cPCI PCI VME
Densan www.densan.com cPCI VME
Densitron www.densitron.com rugged, pentium
Digital OEM Business Segment www.digital.com/info/oem
Dy 4 Systems inc www.dy4.com VME SBC
Dynamic Engineering mezzanine, PC/104,PCI
Dynatem www.dynatem.com VME SBC
EMAC www.emacinc.com 188 x86+F37
Embedded Support Tools Corp www.estc.com dev tools
Embedex www.embedex.com
Embedtec www.embedetec.com PCI ISA
EMJ emjembedded.com PC104
EMS www.embededde-pc104.com PC104
Epson Electornic www.eea.epson.com
Expert Electronics www.expert-tw.com
Force Computers www.forcecomputers.com
Gateworks www.gateworks.com
General Micro Systems www.gms4vme.com VME SBC Sparc Sbus coldfire
Gespac www.gespac.com
Global American www.global American.inc
Hectronic www.hectronic.com
HiTech Equipment Corp www.hte.com SBC Emmulators 188 8051
Ibase www.ibase-I.com.tw pc104
I-Bus www.ibus.com
Industrial Computers www.or-computers.com
Industrial CPU Systems www.icpu.com
Inside Technolgy USA www.inside-us.com
Intec Automation www.steroidmicro.com embedded Power PC
Interlogic www.infoview.com SBC Backplanes, VME
Itox www.itox.com
JED Microsystems jedmicro.com
Jkmicrosystems www.jkmicro.com Dos Linux
KG Systems www.kgsystems.com tiny tiger
Kinnetic Computers Corp www.kin.com wirelwess WinCE
Lanner www.lannerinc.com ISA PC/104 PICmg
Libbert www.libbert-at.com consultant, developer industrial sys
MATRIX corp. www.matrix.com Rugged WinCE
MCSI www.mcsi1.com CP Compatible
Megatel Computer Corp www.megatel.ca PCI PC/104 -332
Micro Computer Specialists www.mcsil.com
micro Design www.microdesignco.com PCI PC/104
Micro Industries www.microindustries.com
Micro Vention www.microvention.com micro bench tool kit for home embedded
elec
Micro/sys www.embeddedsys.com PC/104 Pentium Small 8051
Microbus www.microbus.com
Microdigital software software
Micromint www.micromint.com embedded modems, TCP/IP RTC BCC PicStic
Midwest Micro-Tek www.midwestmicro-tek.com 188 controller used by Artcturus
Momentum computers www.momenco.com VME compactPCI
Mosaic Industries www.mosaic-industries.com touch
Motorola Computer group www.mcg.mot.com
MVS www.mvsweb.com
National Instruments www.natinst.com measurement
New Micros, Inc. www.newmicros.com Forth
Nu Horizons www.nuhorizons.com passive components manufactured by Nippon
Industries Co., Ltd
nucleus www.nucleus1.com
Octagon Systems www.octagonsystems.com rugged, palm, PC104 (bad guys)
OKW electronics www.okwelectronics.com
Onset www.onsetcomp.com data loggers, -332
O'S systems www.ossystems.net
Paralax www.paralaxinc.com Hobbiest, PIC
PC engines www.pcengines.com
Pep Modular Computers www.
Phytec www.phytec.com/USAmerica/ 8051 x86
PLC www.tri-plc.com modbus distributed control system
Pond www.pond.ie
quake Modular technologies www.hypertechnologies.com
Rabbit Rabbitsemiconductor.com Core tool modules with ethernet
Radisys www.radisys.com Pentium "total communication solution"
Real Time Devices www.rtduse.com
Recortec www.recortec.com Pentium
Remote Processing www.remotep.com,www.RP3.com measurement 188
RES www.RS485.com
Rigel www.rigelcorp.com 8051
RLC www.rlc.com
RMV www.RMV.com
SBC Designs www.sbcdesigns.com scsi, RAID
SBS www.sbs.com
Sea level www.sealevel.com
Sinetic www.sinetics.com rugged
Sirius Microsystems www.siriusmicro.com Pic Tools
Site Player www.siteplayer.com data acquisition
Sky Computers www.sky.com
Smart Modular Technologies www.smartm.com Falsh 500 products
Square1 www.square1industries.com celeron, 786
steatite www.staetite.co.uk Pentium
synergy micro systems www.synergymicro.com PCI, VME
Systran www.systran.com DSP
Technoland www.technoland.com
Technologic Systems www.t-systems.com
Teknor Industrial Computers, Inc. www.teknor.com PC on Board
tempustech www.tempustech.com
Tern www.tern.com microcontrollers -188
Themis Computer www.themis.com SPARC VME
Toronto Microelectronics - TME www.tme-inc.com
Trenton www.trentonprocessors.com ISA PCI
Triangle Reasearch www.tri-plc.com PLC
uclinux www.uclinux.com linux coldfire
Versa Logic www.versalogic.com PC/104, STD32BUS
Vesta Technology www.vestatech.com versatile PIC based, low power, w/
powerful Basic & animated remote debug. web site contains schematics,
datasheets, and manuals
vigilant www.vigilanttech.com PMC Motion
Vista Controls Corp. www.vistacc.com
VMIC www.vmic.com
Weeder weedtech.com/ modular motion control
Win Enterprise www.win-ent.com PC 104 WinCE
windriver software
Winsys www.winsystems.com PC/104
xtech www.xtechusa.com
ZF Microsystems www.zfmicro.com
Ziatech www.ziatech.com 1999 cPCI DSL sales $80million
Z-World www.zworld.com embedded control & ethernet, -188 & -074*
zykronix www.zykronix.com PC compatible
-Mina Nichols
Vesta Technology
-----Original Message-----
From: pic microcontroller discussion list
[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Russell McMahon
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 4:27 AM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: [EE]: Microcontroller selector guides
I'm on the search again for a microcontroller for a project.
Has anyone got a reference to a selector guide which covers the features of
a wide range of avail;able processors in a single place. Everyone is happy
(enough) to tell you what they sell but you can spend a lot of time looking
for all reasonable alternatives.
FWIW my spec is
Cost sensitive - ideally <= $US1 in 10k quantity
MUST have 1 channel of 5 kHz real-time PWM capability. Resolution COULD be
as low as around 5% steps but finer would be better (say 8 bits). [5 kHz at
5% duty cycle is 10 uS per step so one might ALMOST do this in software with
a suitably fast cpu but as there are several realtimish tasks a timer based
PWM is much preferred]. A second PWM channel would be nice but is not
essential.
A2D (8 bit OK) would be extremely desirable but not strictly essential
Flash would be nice but OTP ok
EEROM would be nice but not essential
RC clock operation desirable.
Anti brownout and inbuilt power on reset desirable.
Cost sensitive
UART nice but not ....
IIC not really needed but if it was there ...
Code memory of 1K probably OK.
Limited RAM needed.
Cost sensitive ... :-)
SOIC packaging for production. Availability of DIP for initial prototyping
would be useful.
Reasonable (ie low $ or free :-) ) priced development tools desirable.
Assembler OK, free or cheap C etc would not be unwelcome.
OTP / Flash and mask versions would be useful.
Manufacturer not in Chapter 11 or any variant thereof would be nice :-)
Technically responsive supplier would be useful.
My feeling is that any PIC which meets the hardware spec tends to fail the
price spec.
Russell McMahon
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