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!important;" class="">(yes, I am also playing with analog
synth chips and such, and even vacuum tubes, out of a
special fondness - that doesn't mean I want to use
obsolete stuff for every aspect of what I do ;))</span></div>
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<div class="">Far from being obsolete, there are about a zillion
applications, but they’re often so small as to be overlooked. I
think you’re just thinking on the wrong scale. Think of all the
tiny, simple stuff, not the things that *you’d* program.</div>
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Could be.<br class="">
I was looking the other day for cheap 8bit PIC prices on RS
components, and the cheapest 8pin STM32G0 was cheaper at ~ the
same qty.<br class="">
But that was a quick glance, not very thourough, I could have
overlooked cheaper ones far less capable.<br class="">
So that would then look to me like, maybe an "obsolete choice" for
an ever wider area of applications, or, conversely, the best
choice for a shrinking area of applications (due to better specs
for same price of the simpler 32bit ones, including specs of
internal peripherals - where the application requires or benefits
from it).</p><p class="">How's that?<br class=""></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>How’s $0.03 for a microcontroller? :) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYhAGnsnO7w" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYhAGnsnO7w</a></div><div>Die shot: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jw5D0F008c" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jw5D0F008c</a></div><div><br class=""></div><div>By the way, <a href="http://lcsc.com" class="">lcsc.com</a> where this mcu came from is a really interesting distributer, part of the same company als <a href="http://jlcpcb.com" class="">jlcpcb.com</a> (pcb manufacturer). Lots of cheap Chinese parts, but also e.g. ST microcontrollers for better prices than e.g. Farnell or Digikey. I’ve used some of them in production, no complaints yet.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Ben</div><div><br class=""></div></body></html>