Chuck Guzis wrote:
Things are getting to the point where uCs even beat
discrete logic in
the area of power consumption.
Well, in terms of power, reliability, and physical footprint the uC can
probably equal a logic IC solution.
Where it loses out I suppose is maintainability; keeping the necessary
software and source code obtainable across the years may prove to be a big
headache, whereas with logic ICs there's no code to lose and no other software
needed (various programmable logic ICs excepted :)
In terms of fault diagnosis for simple things like the FSK application, I
doubt there's much difference - a fault can just as easily be traced to
"something's wrong with the uC" as it can "something's wrong with
that LS
logic chip".