Bob Axtell wrote:

> Well, we could use his design but eliminate the cost,

$3 - $4 USD each at Digikey

> power requirement,

Wait, you did mention "74F logic". A 4-bit bin counter (74F161)
seems to have a power requirement of (max) 55 mA (!). This alone
is probably more then the whole CPLD. I don't know if the 74F
SMD parts are any different.

> and programming of the CPLD.

One of the ideas is that the programming could be done
by "someone else". (Or in circuit by the firmware in the PIC,
as I sugested, but that is still just a shoot in the dark,
and no one has commented on that yet.)


Jan-Erik.

>Bob Axtell wrote :
> > Is there anyway that you could send a PDF of the CPLD logic-equalivancy
> > schematic? That way we non-XILINX folks can implement the logic in SMD 74F
> > logic...

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