Also, the microchip port expanders are cheaper for two than a single of
these other parts.

James


On 12/9/05, alan smith <micro_eng2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> well.....I never design in a maxim part. Period.  Even if it costs a
> little bit more to use two parts, or from a different vendor.....its well
> worth the frustration of NOT being able to get parts during
> production.  Been burned a few times....learned...
>
> We use the microchip part and it has a nice feature of latching the input=
s
> so if you get an irq that something changed...you can go read it at your
> leisure and then clear it.
>
> nice feature I think!
>
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