On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:51:18 -0400, you wrote:

>On Fri, 2011-10-14 at 17:27 +0100, Mike Harrison wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:04:29 -0400, you wrote:
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>> >On Fri, 2011-10-14 at 15:55 +0100, Mike Harrison wrote:
>> >> http://www.silego.com/
>> >> Greenpak devices
>> >> Micro FPGA with analogue functions, cheap ($0.24 100x), 1.8-5V supply=
 (GreenPak2 version), schematic
>> >> based devtool, and unlike all other current FPGAs, internals are full=
y documented.
>> >> Only downside I can see is that it's OTP, presumably to save cost.
>> >
>> >OTP does not an FPGA make. The whole point of FPGAs are their field
>> >programmability.
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>> It isn't aimed at reprogrammable applications.=20
>> How often do you reprogram a 10F after a product has shipped?
>
>True, but how many times do you reprogram a 10F while DEVELOPING your
>product?

With devices this simple, probaly not that many, and if the product volume =
is such that the low part
cost is an advantage, extra dev costs of socketing etc. on a proto are negl=
igible.=20
~$20 buys you about a hundred re-spins.



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