Re: X-Mega AVRs are here!

On Feb 28, 10:39 am, Jim Granville <no.s...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
linnix wrote:

Adding to the AVR wish list. Having access to the SPI engine from the
CPU would be nice. There are many features of the uC available to
external SPI access, but impossible to do internally. For examples:
fuses and lock bits, flash and eeprom.

You mean the programming interface ?
flash and eeprom are surely available ?

Fuses ? - a good uC should be able to READ the fuse status, but
IAP programming them is a different call: Higher risk, and lower
security ?

No more riskier than being able to reprogram the flash. They can have
a very complicated sequence to change the fuses/locks.

.

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