AVR looking weak against TI and Cygnal

"Chris Carlen" <crcarle@BOGUS.sandia.gov> wrote in message
news:brsqbr02b5v@enews2.newsguy.com...
> Greetings:
> Whadaya think?

I'll throw some more fat onto the fire.  Have y'all looked at the Analog
Devices Blackfin
531/532/533 family?  16-bit fixed point processing, 32-bit integer ops, very
low power
capabilities (dynamic core voltage and PLL settings), and a <$5 price point
on the 531
make it a contender for a microcontroller.

With core speeds up to 600MHz it can be a very beefy alternative.  Plus,
like the MSP430,
the Blackfin's native assembly language is very well-suited to C
compilation.


--Keith

"Keith Brafford" <kbrafford@NOSPAM.earthlink.net> wrote:

> I'll throw some more fat onto the fire.  Have y'all looked at the Analog
> Devices Blackfin
> 531/532/533 family?

I forgot to mention that the dev kits for the BF533 are $99 because of
some special, so now's a good time to check them out, if one were
interested...

--Keith

Keith Brafford wrote:
> "Keith Brafford" <kbrafford@NOSPAM.earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'll throw some more fat onto the fire.  Have y'all looked at the Analog
>>Devices Blackfin
>>531/532/533 family?
> 
> 
> I forgot to mention that the dev kits for the BF533 are $99 because of
> some special, so now's a good time to check them out, if one were
> interested...
> 
> --Keith
> 
> 
	I think you should mention that thsy ONLY come in BGA packages.

hamilton <hamilton@deminsional.com> wrote in message news:<3fedcfe1$1_2@omega.dimensional.com>...
> Keith Brafford wrote:
> > "Keith Brafford" <kbrafford@NOSPAM.earthlink.net> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>I'll throw some more fat onto the fire.  Have y'all looked at the Analog
> >>Devices Blackfin
> >>531/532/533 family?
>
> 	I think you should mention that thsy ONLY come in BGA packages.

The 533 comes only in a BGA package, true, but the 300MHz flavors of 
the 531 and 532 are available in an LQFP package.

--Keith