Re: Is it worth making an 8031/32 board?

Joerg wrote:

Hello Tim,


I figure I could sell an assembled board for ~USD35.


With that much RAM and flash, probably. Lewin, just keep in mind "the competition", mostly in the form of PIC, AVR, MSP and other header boards. The last ones I bought where $12.95 IIRC and that was with a MSP430F1232. Not nearly as much RAM but you get a 16bit engine and excellent micropower behavior.


For that price I think you could. And remember -- this is coming from someone who thinks the best thing to do with an 8051 is strip the pins off and use it for a shim.


Hey, c'mon, at least the 8051 family is multi-sourced. Which other uC family can match that? BIG incentive.

My '51 designs are the ones that seem to be cranking forever. The first one dating back to 1994 is still in full production and there is no end in sight. For some other uCs you wouldn't even know whether purchasing can get them for that long. My design goal is usually 10+ years, preferably 20 years.

Heck, even our pellet stove controller contains a Winbond 8051. I just had to look, of course :-)

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

That's just the reason that I've reluctantly decided to consider it as an alternative. I have the usually fortunate habit of visualizing the assembly code that's behind every line of C or C++ I write. When I'm writing for an 8051 it's painful to consider.

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