Re: Low cost USB / Ethernet?

From: Ulf Samuelsson (ulf_at_atmel.nospam.com)
Date: 04/28/04


Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:07:22 +0200

For 3,65 Mu/year, I think you can get a chip designed :-)
Key is what other functions you need...
There is an AVR app note at www.avrfreaks.net on how to do low cost USB
The ATmega48 might be your best choice here.
(Fairly low cost and runs at 24 MHz)

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This is a personal view which may or may not be
share by my Employer Atmel Nordic AB
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>
> I am starting a new high-volume (10K umits per day) low cost/performance
> (a 10 cent 4-bit microcontroller will do the job) project, but this one
> has a twist; I have a requirement to make a USB version and a 10BaseT
> or 100BaseT Ethernet version.  Just in case anyone has already done the
> research, does anyone here have a favorite chip for low-cost USB?
> For low-cost Ethernet?  I have lots of board space and a capable
> power supply, and my actual data rate is well under 100 Bytes/second.
>
> I may end up doing the protocol in software with a slightly more
> powerful uC if I don't like the prices for the interface chips.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Guy Macon, Electronics Engineer & Project Manager.
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>


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