"Jim Granville" <no.spam@designtools.co.nz> wrote in message
news:431d4b85$1@clear.net.nz...
> Bill Giovino wrote:
> > TI MSP430 Microcontroller Gets Massive Portfolio Expansion
>
> Well, no, not just yet - but why let reality get in the way of a
> headline....?
>
> > http://microcontroller.com/news/ti_msp430_50newdevices.asp
> >
> > Over 50 new devices, including cool new features such as 20-bit
addressing
> > and run current of only 200 �A/MIPS.
>
> For a better take on what is _really_ happening, you could look at:
>
> http://focus.ti.com/docs/pr/pressrelease.jhtml?prelId=sc05153
>
> There you will see, that no, the F20xx does not have 20 bit
> addressing - why would the 6 announced parts, with <= 2K of flash,
> need 20 bit address mode ?
> The 20 bit is comming in a new FG series, that will have > 64KFlash,
> and so need the extended opcodes feature.
No, it's in the core.
Of course, the 2K flash parts won't need 20-bits of addressing (they don't
need 13-bits either!), and I doubt if many embedded engineers will be
slipped up by that.
Reply by Jim Granville●September 6, 20052005-09-06
Bill Giovino wrote:
> TI MSP430 Microcontroller Gets Massive Portfolio Expansion
Well, no, not just yet - but why let reality get in the way of a
headline....?
For a better take on what is _really_ happening, you could look at:
http://focus.ti.com/docs/pr/pressrelease.jhtml?prelId=sc05153
There you will see, that no, the F20xx does not have 20 bit
addressing - why would the 6 announced parts, with <= 2K of flash,
need 20 bit address mode ?
The 20 bit is comming in a new FG series, that will have > 64KFlash,
and so need the extended opcodes feature.
-jg
Reply by Bill Giovino●September 6, 20052005-09-06
http://microcontroller.com/news/ti_msp430_50newdevices.asp
Over 50 new devices, including cool new features such as 20-bit addressing
and run current of only 200 �A/MIPS.
- Bill Giovino
Executive Editor
http://Microcontroller.com