On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, Mike Singer wrote:

> Hmm, if there were sorta Xilinx chip that one could load
> with some CPU core (PIC, AVR, MSP...) into built-in flash,
> configure built-in analog modules and I/O's. If this bloody
> creature would be priced as low as PIC.

And be available in an 8-pin DIP package, and sleep at .005uA, and cost
under two bucks in small quantities -- all of which are important for
*this particular* project, though this is one isolated case of course.

> Who can swear this wouldn't be done in few years?

You're right, but by then it won't matter (at least to me).  Heck, a
12F629 with 1.5 or 2K or program memory and maybe a pullup on GP3 would be
just peachy right now, but Microchip doesn't make one at the moment, so we
make do with what's available.

Dale
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