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John Payson <spam_OUTPICLISTTakeThisOuTMITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote: > Per Microchip's web site, there ARE going to be 8-pin devices. John: I just took a look at that press release. Guess the information I have isn't secret anymore, so... > By the sound of it, they're equivalent to the 16C54 except: > > No external clock generator (internal 4MHz) > > Code=512, Data=25, like the 54 TWO chips in the 12000 series have been announced... The other one has 1024 words of code space, 41 registers. > Watchdog unknown Watchdog included. > No external reset (or RTCC?) input > > Only 6 I/O pins [I don't know whether portB only or some portA some > portB PortB only. That is, the register is at the same address as the PORTB register on the 16C5x. Whether Microchip's documentation will refer to that port as "A" or "B", though, is anyone's guess. > Price under $1. In serious quantities, the smaller chip (the 12C508) will be WAY under $1. I suppose that ANYONE could infer this from the fact that Microchip's press release says, "pricing in 50,000-unit quantities is less than $0.99 each for both the PIC12C508 and the PIC12C509". I'm surprised that Microchip has publicized the parts so early... Perhaps the fact that they just started distributing Picstart Plus programmers with silkscreened "8-pin devices go here" markings had something to do with it. -Andy Andrew Warren - .....fastfwdKILLspam@spam@ix.netcom.com Fast Forward Engineering, Vista, California http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499

"Andrew Warren" <fastfwdKILLspamix.netcom.com> wrote: > In serious quantities, the smaller chip (the 12C508) will be WAY > under $1. I assume though that this will be for masked devices. Will there be OTP devices too, and any idea what price? -- Clyde Smith-Stubbs | HI-TECH Software, | Voice: +61 7 3300 5011 .....clydeKILLspam.....hitech.com.au | P.O. Box 103, Alderley, | Fax: +61 7 3300 5246 http://www.hitech.com.au | QLD, 4051, AUSTRALIA. | BBS: +61 7 3300 5235 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For info on the World's best C cross compilers for embedded systems, point your WWW browser at http://www.hitech.com.au, or email EraseMEinfospam_OUTTakeThisOuThitech.com.au

Clyde Smith-Stubbs <PICLISTspam_OUTMITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote: > > [Quoting me:] > > In serious quantities, the smaller chip (the 12C508) will be > > WAY under $1. > > I assume though that this will be for masked devices. Will there be > OTP devices too, and any idea what price? Clyde: When I wrote, "I guess the information I have isn't secret anymore," I didn't mean that ALL the information was no longer secret. For pricing information beyond what can be inferred from the press release, you'll have to talk to your Microchip sales rep. Sorry... -Andy Andrew Warren - @spam@fastfwdKILLspamix.netcom.com Fast Forward Engineering, Vista, California http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499