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- From: byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)
- Subject: Re: What is a MC68-705?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.163817.8341@cc.gatech.edu>
- Sender: news@cc.gatech.edu
- Reply-To: byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)
- Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
- References: <1992Dec14.153959.119650@marshall.wvnet.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:38:17 GMT
- Lines: 60
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- In article <1992Dec14.153959.119650@marshall.wvnet.edu> rcbi110@marshall.wvnet.edu writes:
- >
- >
- >The subject says it all...
- >
- >Is it anywhere remotely similar to a 68000?
-
- Quite remotely - they are both motorola MPU's ;-)
-
- the 68HC705 is a 6800 based high speed microcontroller. They come in many
- different package sizes and configurations. They all have (I think) built-in
- Ports and timers. Some have serial ports builtin also. The all have some
- amount of on board memory consisting of a mix of static ram, EPROM, and EEPROM.
- Their internal architecture and register map is vastly different from the
- the 68000 (i.e. small (in size and #) specialized registers vs. Large (again in
- size and #) general purpose registers).
-
- I have not seen any high level language support for the 68HC705 series.
- Something else on my to do list. Can you saw Nano-C? ;-)
-
- The best feature is the the chips are easily programmed via a very simple
- programmer that you can build yourself in an evening for $20-30. Also there
- are several low cost (read free) assemblers for the part on the Motorla
- BBS (1-512-891-FREE).
-
- I bought the 68HC701KICS kit which had a programmer, assember and a windowed
- EPROM part. The HC705k1 is so exciting because it is a 16 pin DIP (not a
- misprint. 16 PINS!). It runs on ultra low power and very low speed (like a
- 32768 Hz crystal). It can also run on a simple RC oscillator. The only problem
- with mine is that an unstable (read under-regulated) voltage destroyed three
- chips that I bought. I need to order more.
-
- If you interested in extremely simple microcontroller based products where
- super speed is not a factor (max speed 1 MIPS) then this is the part for you.
- It's great when you want to do something simple but not use a lot of discrete
- chips. I think of it as an intelligent (but very slow) PAL.
-
- Sorry if this sounds like an advertisement for motorola. It's not. I just think
- it's appropriate to tell folks when they do things right and not just complian
- when it's wrong.
-
- Hope this helps,
-
- BAJ
-
-
- >I've done a tiny bit of 68000 coding on my Amiga.
- >
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- Another random extraction from the mental bit stream of...
- Byron A. Jeff - PhD student operating in parallel!
- Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 Internet: byron@cc.gatech.edu
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