..and of course the Fairchild ACE, in an 8 pin TSOP On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:55:19 -0400, you wrote: >At 06:24 PM 8/15/02 +0300, you wrote: >> Roman, >> what is the motivation of the posting? >>Have you limited PCB area, or you just don't want >>to mess with extra pins? >>If dimensions are critical: you may use chips in >>new ultra small packages(japanese microcontrollers, >>if available). > >Not just the Japanese, see National Semiconductor's >COP series and Cygnal's 11-pin 8051. > >Eg. COP8SAA7 4.5 x 5.5mm 28 pins >(16-pin SOIC version is about 75 cents/1k) >Or a 44 pin 6mm x 6mm.. > >Or.. C8051F301 3mm x 3mm 11 pins >(has 8K of flash on chip, an internal oscillator that >is accurate enough for serial comms, runs at 25MIPS) >Digikey wants about $4-5 for these in 100's > >The problem with the 3-pin package is figuring out how to multiplex = power >and ground. ;-) > >Best regards, > >Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the = reward" >speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: = http://www.trexon.com >Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: = http://www.speff.com >9/11 United we Stand -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads