On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 11:45:05AM -0700, Andre Abelian wrote:
> Hi to all,
>
> After carefully studding PIC micros I think this is what
> Microchip should do.
>
> 1. move from OTP to Flash on all MCUs and have OTP version available
> incase.
> 2. add Jtag hardware in pic to have inexpensive debugging capability set
> brake points etc.
> 3. Convert boot loader software in hardware that you do not have to
> program it boot loading should be part of hardware
> 4. add Digital to analog conversion hardware.
> 5. have separate interrupt vectors not one for all
> 6. in mplab add option to generate code like after choosing the part
>    "I2C" = on or off / serial port = on  9600 /   it will generate the
> code for it instead of keep looking at the data sheet looking for
> registers.
> 7. have 2 independent PWM not 2 PWM with one timer running.
> 8. have 2 USART
> 9. have SPI and I2C separate hardware instead SPI or I2C
>
> I am sure I will see some of this in the future
>
> Andre Abelian

I'm sure that Microchip will do all of those things...

...and the chip will cost $30 each in quantity.

As with most things in life, you get what you pay for.

BAJ

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