On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:24:16 -0700, you wrote:

>
>On Oct 14, 2011, at 9:04 AM, Herbert Graf wrote:
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>>> Only downside I can see is that it's OTP
>
>That and the package.  I think I'd be willing to work with an OTP if =20
>it didn't also require soldering to and using up a PCB for each =20
>iteration (or each couple iterations.)  $95 sockets are not a =20
>solution...

Why not? - actually the sockets are $18, but even if they were $95, that co=
st is a pretty trivial
part of development cost if your product is cost-sensitive enough to be loo=
king at $0.18 parts as an
alternative to a $0.40 MCU=20

>Are there any similar devices with better "usability"?  I often wished =20
>for some simple PLD-like device in a low-pin-count package with some =20
>'fixed' and buried functionality like these seem to have (counters, =20
>etc), but the low-pin-count devices seem to be very 'one generic =20
>macrocell per pin', and the embedded higher level functions don't show =20
>up till you get to the high pin count parts.
>

The only other parts I'm aware of  are the logic block Microchip  have adde=
d to a few new PICs

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