>> > I guess we are getting closer to having chips implanted in our skin!
>> > hehehe
>>
>>If you put your elbow on a SOT23 left on the table you will have that
>too.
>>
>>What cpu would one use for something to be worn on a wrist ? it should
>>have plenty of IO to drive a bare glass lcd and run down to 2.0V
>>(lithium battery). MSP430 ?
>
>MSP430 if you need a lot of processing power and LCD controller, but for
>simple watch type applications there are 4-bit mask-programmed micros
>that will operate from 1.5V at very low power (they use an on-chip charge
>pump), and have LCD drivers and other useful peripherals on-chip.

I understand that the 4-bitters require qty >10k or so ? I do not do high
volume products. I would need say 5-10 per year, but the quality must be
very good. What is a 'lot' of processing power ? Does anyone use the
Philips new 32 bit arm-on-a-chip micros ?

Peter

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