Just when you thought OTP was a thing of the past :

Just when you thought OTP was a thing of the past, someone shakes things up.

http://www.eeproductcenter.com/micro/brief/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800244

http://www.silabs.com/public/documents/pr_doc/products/Microcontrollers/Small_Form_Factor/en/T600_FINAL.pdf

Looks likely to shake up Microchip and Freescale ?

Wonder how they test these ?

-jg

Jim Granville wrote:
> 
> Just when you thought OTP was a thing of the past, someone shakes things 
> up.
> 
> http://www.eeproductcenter.com/micro/brief/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800244 
> 
> 
> http://www.silabs.com/public/documents/pr_doc/products/Microcontrollers/Small_Form_Factor/en/T600_FINAL.pdf 
> 
> 
> Looks likely to shake up Microchip and Freescale ?

Yeah, but can they play an .mp3 file (:

On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:28:00 +1300, Jim Granville wrote:

>Just when you thought OTP was a thing of the past, someone shakes things up.
>
>http://www.eeproductcenter.com/micro/brief/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800244
>
>http://www.silabs.com/public/documents/pr_doc/products/Microcontrollers/Small_Form_Factor/en/T600_FINAL.pdf
>
>Looks likely to shake up Microchip and Freescale ?
>
>Wonder how they test these ?

I noticed this legalese near the bottom of the second link, which made
we grin a little:

"This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on
Silicon Laboratories� current expectations. These forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important
factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
the forward-looking statements."

Anyway, OTP is fine.  In some cases (not during development, of
course), it may be preferable to flash.

Interesting.  And thanks for the pointer.

Jon