On Jan 26, 2010, at 7:09 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
There's an
awful lot of 32-bit parts in things that don't really need
that sort of grunt. I'm reminded of a colleague who told me his
friend was working on fuses for explosives -- building PICs into the
detonators.
That trend will probably continue with the Cortex M0 chips coming
out. Just as cheap as the PIC and AVR and 8051 types.
That's pretty scary stuff. I will laugh in the face of the
"engineer" who designs a 32-bit processor into a refrigerator.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL