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[DPRG] More on the Motorola chip that the guy from New Micros
told us about at today's meeting
Subject: [DPRG] More on the Motorola chip that the guy from New Micros
told us about at today's meeting
From: Kipton Moravec
kip at kdream.com
Date: Thu Sep 13 07:28:01 CDT 2001
I am trying to decide if the next chip I support is this Motorola chip or if
it should be the Rabbit.
I use microcontrollers all the time in my designs. Currently I have the
tools to do designs with 8051 based chips. I like them because there are so
many variants from so many companies. I like the fact that I can get a chip
with 64K Program memory and 1 K SRAM in a PLCC44 package.
My business is more industrial controllers. A chip with 4 serial ports is
very interesting, as currently I need at least 2 on some of my projects.
And I do have one project where I use 5 serial ports. That customer also
wants an Ethernet interface. For him the Rabbit looks best.
Another project needs faster speed. I have a waveform generator that
generates 16 channels of waves. The Motorola chip with its RISC
architecture, HW multiplier, and internal 80 MHz clock will speed that up
considerably.
I just need to decide which direction to go first. The Motorola may be the
winner because that customer is currently buying more units.
Kip
----- Original Message -----
>From: "Karim Virani" <karim at yadallas.org>
To: "'DPRG List'" <dprglist at dprg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 5:30 PM
Subject: RE: [DPRG] More on the Motorola chip that the guy from New Micros
told us about at today's meeting
> Is anyone planning to make the leap to get one of these eval boards prior
to
> availability of the New Micros offering? Also, does anyone have an
opinion
> on the new JStamp controllers?
>
> www.jstamp.com by Systronix - expensive, but impressive on paper.
> www.jstamp.net by Parallax
>
> Karim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dprglist-admin at dprg.org [mailto:dprglist-admin at dprg.org]On Behalf
> Of Kipton Moravec
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 6:17 PM
> To: DPRG List
> Subject: [DPRG] More on the Motorola chip that the guy from New Micros
> told us about at today's meeting
>
>
> I was looking up the information about the new Signal Processor New
Micro's
> is planning to offer in their board. It runs at 3.3 V.
>
> Here is the blurb from the website:
> "
> The merging of DSP and Microcontroller functionality combined with
> integrated peripherals, provide a high-speed, cost-effective solution for
> your demanding DSP and/or MCU applications. The DSP56F827 is a member of
the
> DSP56800 core-based family of Digital Signal Processors (DSPs). It
combines
> on a single chip, the processing power of a DSP and the functionality of a
> microcontroller with a flexible set of peripherals to create an extremely
> cost-effective solution. DSP56F827 is ideal for a multitude of control,
> telephony and other applications requiring highly-integrated,
> high-performance solutions with all the flexibility enabled by Flash
> technology.
>
> The DSP56800 core is based on a Harvard-style architecture consisting of
> three execution units operating in parallel, allowing as many as six
> operations per instruction cycle. The microprocessor-style programming
model
> and optimized instruction set allow straight forward generation of
> efficient, compact code for both DSP- and MCU-style applications. The
> instruction set supports efficient C Compilers to enable rapid development
> of optimized control applications."
>
>
> It looks nice. But what I really found interesting is the SDK is
currently
> free! It is normally $895, but I think they are trying to get people to
be
> interested in it so all you have to do is register, and you can get a
CDROM
> or download it directly.
>
> If you think you may be interested in this processor in the future, you
> probably should download the SDK now while it is free. (I am doing it now
> while I am typing this.)
>
> Go to Motorola, http://www.motorola.com
>
> Click on semiconductors
> Search for signal processors
> Hit the link for "Software Development tools"
> Hit the link for MSW3SDK000AA
>
> Once it is downloaded the installation key should be in your mail box.
>
> The Metrowerks C compiler costs $2500.
>
> However it is currently free if you get 1 year of service for $999.00
(boo)
> or an evaluation board: (yea)
>
> DSP65F801EVM is not available yet, the chip is too new. (16K program
Flash,
> 2K SRAM, 11 I/O)
> DSP65F803EVM is $338.70 at Arrow (64K program Flash, 4K SRAM, 16 I/O)
> DSP65F805EVM is not available yet. (64K program Flash, 4K SRAM, 32 I/O)
> DSP65F807EVM is $299.10 at Arrow (120K program Flash, 8K SRAM, 32 I/O)
> DSP65F826EVM is not available yet. (63K program Flash, 4K SRAM, 46 I/O (16
> dedicated. 30 shared)
> DSP65F827EVM is not available yet (128K program Flash, 8K SRAM, 64 I/O (16
> dedicated. 48 shared)
>
> Evaluation board is the way to go. The New Horizons board uses the 803.
But
> the 807 development board is cheaper than the 803 board. I don't
understand
> why.
>
> Serial ports:
> The 801, and 803 have one serial port (they call SCI)
> The 805, 807, and 826 has 2 serial ports,
> The 827 has 3 serial ports.
>
>
> Kip
>
> Kipton Moravec kip at kdream.com
> DREAM
> Custom Electronics Design and Manufacture
> http://www.kdream.com
>
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