Re: entry level S12 tools
Started by ●April 7, 2005
Reply by ●April 9, 20052005-04-09
--- In 68HC12@68HC..., "Carl Ungvarsky" <cpu1968@h...> wrote:
Hi Karl,
> own boards, for undergraduate classwork? For a student to carry that burden,
> surely tuition must cost less $$$ these days...
From the comments in here it looks like they still supply development kits, tuition costing less is a fallacy, just did a stint in network engineering, cisco and such, cheap it ain't.
Btw, my first computer was a D2 kit, it boasted 128 bytes of Ram, of course that was well and truly after my student days.
> After school, I found work at a company run by one of those "old guys",
> where "digital" meant MC14000-series CMOS run from +15V, or discrete
> transistors and diodes switching in a 12V domain. I was free to select,
> introduce, and design-in a micro family. I integrated HC11s across our whole
> product range, mostly 68HC11F1s and a few 68HC11E9 or 68HC711E9 (windowed).
Lovely stuff, at least it smoked when it went bung, don't start me on the exitement benefits of valves:-)
Theo > >From: "theobee00" <yahoodump2@o...>
> >Reply-To: 68HC12@68HC...
> >To: 68HC12@68HC...
> >Subject: [68HC12] Re: entry level S12 tools
> >Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 20:27:12 -0000
> >
> >
> ...
> ...
> > > So for me the interesting question is: why didn't HC11 users switch
> > > to the HC12?
> >
> >The step from HC11 or other through hole mount chips to surface mount is a
> >rather big one, that keeps coming through loud and clear on the Flex and
> >other hobby boards.
