[sdiy] 4-bit encoder?

[MTG]

You don't need to look to China (but you can if you want), SILabs has 
two single-cycle C8051 product lines up to I think 72MHz.  And since 
it's so efficient at bit operations these can exceed capability of 
Cortex M0 families in many applications.


On 10/13/2020 10:38 PM, Ullrich Peter wrote:
> Hi Ingo!
>
> Small correction: there are Chinese 8051 clones running at the faster 12x speed and only cost some cents as the Cortex M0+ chips...
> Chinese engineer love to use them as they are cheap and mass production available.
>
> [I learned this in a project of a friend that found an investor in a TV show and they completey designed the gadget from ground up with a complete different microcontroller - one of these 8051 clones...]
> [And yes there are also AVR clones - some faster commands and much cheaper...]
>
> Ciao
> Peter
>
>