In message <1148066317.2683.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> Herbert Graf wrote: > Is freescale the branch of motorolla? Yep. Freescale =3D Motorola Semiconductor Products. Well, until Motorola decided to spin it off as a separate company. > If so, my main concerns, without even LOOKING at the part, is available > in small/medium quantities, development tool costs, and "small timer" > support, all which IMHO were an issue with motorola. I've been stung by that. Bought a few Coldfire CPUs, then found out the BDM debugging/programming pod costs about =A3200... Apparently it's just a high-speed GAL on a PCB. Maybe =A320 worth of parts = at the absolute most. -- = Phil. | Kitsune: Acorn RiscPC SA202 64M+6G VF+UniPod philpem@dsl.pipex.com | Cheetah: Athlon64 3200+ A8VDeluxeV2 1G+180G http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | Tiger: Toshiba SatPro4600 Celeron700 256M+4= 0G -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist