I don't think the big semi. companies much care for low-volume designers. IMHO Hehe, ironically that was sorta why I started this thread (subject?). Peace MJ Brush ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Chops Westfield" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 2:34 AM Subject: Re: [EE:] Beyond Surface Mount > On Tuesday, Jun 1, 2004, at 18:19 US/Pacific, Bob Ammerman wrote: > > >>> Peter, I don't think you understood my point. I just feel that the > >>> multiple interconnects between microcontroller and glass shouldn't > >>> make economic sense anymore. In many applications the large majority > >>> of the pins in the uC are driving the LCD glass. > > Hmm. What would be nice if if someone (say, microchip) would put one > of their flash-based LCD-driving microcontrollers on glass FOR us, > breaking out the remaining 13 IOs (or whatever) to external connections > for random purposes and programming of the flash... That would be... > cool; and bring smaller displays within reach of lower volume > designers... > > BillW > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.