Re: PIC10F - is there a smaller mcu?

From: Spehro Pefhany (speffSNIP_at_interlogDOTyou.knowwhat)
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 13:48:43 GMT

On 15 Jul 2004 04:48:43 -0700, the renowned shoppa@trailing-edge.com
(Tim Shoppa) wrote:

>"Roger Hamlett" <rogerspamignored@ttelmah.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<_kiJc.225$847.144@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>...
>> "Tim Shoppa" <shoppa@trailing-edge.com> wrote in message
>> news:bec993c8.0407140805.596ca78e@posting.google.com...
>> > Maybe it's my daily dislike of software UART's :-). All but a few
>> > "big" PIC's have zero or just one hardware UART, and that's just not
>> > good
>> > enough, even for my hobbyist-type-sit-between-two-serial-ports stuff I
>> > do not want to spend all day dinking around with making my own UART.
>>
>> One chip that is worth mentioning in regard to the lack of UARTs on the
>> PIC, is the MAX3110. This is a complete UART, and transceiver, with an SPI
>> interface.
>
>The first thing I can say is "why don't they put a PIC on there too ? :-)"
>
>At 28 pins it kinda dwarfs a PIC10F, it probably costs ten times as
>much too (not that I've seen prices for PIC10F's,

USD 59 cents each for the PIC10F200 DIP-8 version in 100's (0.98
one-off). For some reason (no competition?) the SOT-23-6 version is
much more expensive (0.72 in 1000's from Digikey).

> but the MAX3110 is
>like $7 each). I do appreciate they have the
>charge pump caps onboard, but for my apps I'd also appreciate a version
>that does RS-423 or something differential.
>
>Don't take those as complaints... it's a neat gadget. If only I knew
>a place that stocked them.
>
>Tim.

Digikey shows estimated ship date of September 9, 2004, for 1 or
1,000.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany 

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