So what's the most powerful microcontroller you can get in a DIP package? So far I think it's these:
PIC24FJ64GA002-I/SP (most RAM) 28-pin DIP 8K RAM ! 64K Flash 16 MIPS 2 UARTS, 5 Timers, 10-bit ADC, RTCC
dsPIC30F4013-30I/P (fastest) 40-pin DIP 2K RAM 48K Flash 30 MIPS ! 12-bit ADC, DSP, 2 UARTS, 5 Timers
What else is out there? Is there anything better? I care most about the RAM, since anything with 8K or more saves an external chip.
How about: "128K Bytes Program Flash, 64K Bytes RAM, RTC, 2x UARTs, I2C, SPI, 2x 32bit TIMERS, 7x CCR, 6x PWM, WDT, 5V tolerant I/O, up to 60MHz operation"? It's a "DIL40 housing - Fits standard 600mil 40 pin sockets"
Probably a multitude of similar ARM-on-carrier devices out there, but this one is from
Yeah, I want a single chip in a plastic DIP package, not a $57 PCB. The PIC chips above are in the $2.50 - $3.50 range.
An interesting (but a bit more expensive - 10 EUR) chip may be the parallax propeller. 160 MIPs, eight CPU cores, 48 KB RAM, 40 pin DIP. Unfortunately a bit short on on-chip peripherals.
So the specification should be: a single chip microcontroller in a plastic DIP package at or around a price point of US$3 in single quantities where the most important product parameter is >= 8K RAM onboard?
With that much CPU horsepower, you can simulate them ;-)
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The 4013 is alright. It is the most powerful of the dsPICs in a DIL package. Thereafter you move to the TQFP packages. The 4013's TQFP package is easy enough to solder as it's a 0.8mm pitch.
Perfectly usable for data logging to a FAT partition.
If you need more than 8K then you'll just have to become more efficient in how you manage your resources.
You can also use some of you 48K of flash RAM (ROM?) on the dsPICs as memory. Just that it's incredibly slow as you're writing to it as an EEPROM.
It depends what your application is. What is your application?
The Zilog Z16F comes in PLCC68, so is plug-able which I guess is what you are really looking for by saying 'dip'. It has 128K flash, but light on RAM at 4K. It has some 64bit operand maths opcodes.
-jg
Try:
Paul Breed Cto NetBurner
Is this really "truth in advertising".
Come on Paul, this is a tech group, who are you tring to kid.
By the pic on the link, it won't even plug into a DIP socket.
Happy Xmas to you too.
donald
Mine does. The first sentence in the overview seems accurate: "Available in a 40 pin DIP, the MOD5213 boasts 66MHz of performance on a 32 bit ColdFire platform."
Mark Borgerson
The pic in the link IS a 40 pin dip.
Our other modules are not 40 pin dips, but the MOD5213 is.
Try the mechanical drawing:
or the flyer/datasheet...
They are however not $3.00 they are 39 to 26 depnding on quantity.
Or read the post by an existing customer. ;-)
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