Scenix uControllers

[Tony Clark]

> What's the easist way to start doing boards that require a microprocessor?
> The Scenix SX chips look pretty cheap ($5), fast (50 MHz), and simple (no
> external clock).  And it looks like you can be assembling, programming and
> debugging for $150.
>
> Any other recommendations?

   I'll add my comments to the list.  As far as I'm able to gather, the 
Scenix has some outstanding features that made me choose it for my uC 
over others.  For one, speed.  For the applications I plan to use it for, 
I need fast.  Two, massively flexible I/O.  Even better when you get to 
the SX 48/52's.  Three, ots of registers.  SX 18/28's have 8 banks of 16 
and the 48/52's have double that.  2K of Flash memory in 18/28's and 4K 
in 48/52's.  Oh, and they do have 75 Mhz versions and are supposedly 
working on 100 MHz versions!  And last reason, cheap!
   I picked up the SX Tech kit from Mouser.  While certainly not as cheap 
as some kits, at least it comes with its own power source, unlike those 
TI DSP evaluation kits.  :/
   As always though, there's going to be a wide variety of opinions on 
which uC to use, so really, choose one for its features not necessarily 
only on its price.  There's ton of code examples for all of the uC's out 
there, so you might want to browse sites to see if someone has already 
written code that would be similar to what you want to do.

   Good luck!

   Tony

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