Kevin's Korner
8051s and 8051s with flash and one more thing
- Last month we were talking about 8051-derivatives with flash memory. I said
I thought WaferScale had one and Ting said they just had a second chip
solution. Ting was correct, they have a good one with I/O etc on-board and a
CPLD incorporated as well:
- http://www.waferscale.com/8051.html
- Speaking of programmable logic for 8051s, here is the vendor who has an
8051 core with programmable logic on-chip:
- http://www.triscend.com/
- Here is a list of 8051-derivatives. As you can see, there are a few with
flash.
- http://www.itl.co.uk/HomePages/PaulReynolds/micro8.htm#80C51
- Here are some interesting books:
- http://home.korax.net/~telic/bn/embedded.htm#MCS51
- Here is the (small at the moment) 8051 web ring::
- http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=80x51;list
- Here is an EDN article which provides an overview of the latest and
greatest, a substantial discussion of Flash, along with a veritable railroad
switchyard of links:
- http://www.ednmag.com/ednmag/reg/1999/102899/22df1.htm
The thing I liked best about this article is the sales figures $4.8 billion
this year for 8-bitters versus $3.6 billion for 16 bitters and 452 million for
32 bits. I would not have guessed anywhere near the correct $ ratio.
- Partial Non-sequitor. Here is another chip, TCP/IP Stack in Silicon:
- http://www.seiko-usa-ecd.com/intcir/html/whatsnew/s7600a.html
- And now for something completely different. I was talking about the USS
Adml. Grace Hopper (DDG70) last month.
- http://www.hopper.navy.mil/index.htm
Completely off the track:
- Here is another ship which might interest you. They are building a replica
of Amistad at Mystic Seaport, CT:
- http://www.amistadamerica.org/construction/welcome.html
- http://www.mysticseaport.org/public/amistad/amistad.at.mystic.seaport.html
The keel laying ceremony for Amistad II was in March, 1988 and they expect
to commision her June 2000.