Yes, those are already on my list. There are a bit above the Dollar pain threshold right now and some clients frown upon the 8051 architecture (not me, I actually like it).
Hopefully they realize that one of the reasons the 8051 architecture is still so popular is because it's dirt cheap!
Sure is. Also, you can find local programmers in even the smallest of towns which is a huge upside. Last but not least there is often a 2nd source. If there ain't you can usually find a very similar 8051 device so that code portability isn't a serious issue.
I like the architecture as well, for very small applications only, of course. They took the Mark I MCS-48 series and added all the stuff that was missing. Most of the modern variants dispense with the horrible pseudo-bidirectional ports and add useful peripherals that were missing or were very primitive in the earlier versions.
Best regards, Spehro Pefhany
Joel Koltner snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com posted to sci.electronics.design:
Don't forget the second part of dirt cheap, there is plenty of expertise out there running around. Can you say self-fulfilling prophecy?
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