The download from USB is an interesting approach. Since many USB products
never stand alone (they only have to operate when connected to a host), it
can become an interesting way to keep the "firmware" in the USB device
current. It just gets loaded every time the device is connected to the
host...

Harold

> EZ-USB FXTM USB Microcontroller
>
>>From the CY7C64613 Final Datasheet:
>
>   Software operation: 8051 runs code from internal RAM or external RAM.
> Code
> can be:
>   1. Downloaded via USB
>   2. Loaded from EEPROM
>   3. Executed in-place from external memory (e.g., Flash)
>
> You just need the tools and it becomes easy.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of William Chops Westfield
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 3:38 AM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [PIC:] PIC USB What's the Deal?
>
>
> On Friday, Jun 11, 2004, at 00:03 US/Pacific, Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>>> is it me or does Microchip not have any Flash-based PICs with
>
>>> And neither does anyone else :-(
>>
>> What about the Cypress parts? http://www.cypress.com/
>>
> Last I looked, I didn't see any flash parts.  Just RAM and EPROM.
> (I looked again, I still didn't see any flash parts...)
>
> BillW
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