[sdiy] New microcontroller

[Eric Brombaugh]

Previous projects mentioned here were based on the the BasicATOM Pro, 
which uses an Hitachi H8/3664 processor. That processor derives from 
Renesas H8/Tiny series and stands out because it supports hardware 
floating point. The PSIM, followed by the in-development design by the 
ComputerVoltageSources group, combined with BasicMicro's language tools 
to make great use of this.

Turns out Renesas has announced an new series of SuperH processors that 
run _much_ faster:

http://america.renesas.com/fmwk.jsp?cnt=press_release000657.htm&fp=/company_info/news_and_events/press_releases

Imagine what you could do with 480 MIPS & 400 MFLOPS? The on-chip 
peripherals look pretty useful too: LCD drivers, USB2.0, sample-rate 
converter, hardware interface to serial CODECs, as well as on-chip 
10-bit ADC and 8-bit DACs.

Now if someone could convince BasicMicro to port their language to this 
and sell it in a DIY-friendly package...

Eric