20 Nov
2001
20 Nov
'01
3:06 a.m.
Neil Cherry wrote:
On the other note of piece meal components, I've
found that with a lot of
imagination one can take advantage of today's uControllers to build some
of the coolest stuff. Processors cost ~$6, 3 pcbs (~2"x3") $50, add the
components and a single hand built board can cost <$100. PLD's, FPGA, etc.
etc.. Man do we live in interesting times (both good and bad).
But one problem is that almost all real I/O is handled by hard to find
semi-custiom chips - PC motherboards come to mind. Many of the older
I/O
devices are too slow to be of value. Ben Franchuk.
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