http://www.microchip.com/design-cen...y/embedded-wireless/802-15-4/hardware/sam-r30

These are exciting times.

 

That is amazing, simply amazing.

 

Amazing and thanks for sharing.

When I see stuff like this I sometimes remember when my good buddy Al burst into the lab, wide-eyed and waving a tube of DRAMs. 'Look at THIS! 64K in only eight f$%(QW#*'n chips!' I miss Al.

 

Amazing and thanks for sharing.

When I see stuff like this I sometimes remember when my good buddy Al burst into the lab, wide-eyed and waving a tube of DRAMs. 'Look at THIS! 64K in only eight f$%(QW#*'n chips!' I miss Al.

I used to write code for factory masked MCUs. The cost-of-entry was 10's of thousands of dollars -- and if you messed up you had to eat the chips.

 

I used to write code for factory masked MCUs. The cost-of-entry was 10's of thousands of dollars -- and if you messed up you had to eat the chips.

Never wrote for masked parts. By the time I left the bio lab we had EPROMs *whew*. I do remember an early 70's scientific calculator manufacturer that had screwed up their mask programming, something like cos(0) got an error. Rather than scrap the chips they went ahead advertised the calculator at a big discount saying something like 'We goofed but if you remember what cos(0) is, you can have an otherwise full featured scientific calculator for cheap!'

I'm old.

 

I'm old.

Old enough to remember Poly-Paks?

 

http://www.microchip.com/design-cen...y/embedded-wireless/802-15-4/hardware/sam-r30

These are exciting times.

...and if i only had more time... :-(

 

Old enough to remember Poly-Paks?

These?

 

http://www.microchip.com/design-cen...y/embedded-wireless/802-15-4/hardware/sam-r30

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On the site is says get the development board for free, but when you click on the link it says US$65.00?
Max.

 

On the site is says get the development board for free, but when you click on the link it says US$65.00?
Max.

I read it as the Atmel Studio Software is free, not the dev board. MC rarely gives away hardware, but $65 won't break the bank.

 

Old enough to remember Poly-Paks?

**Yes.. sighs**. Test 'Em yourself 'N save! Maybe that is behind my oft-repeated advice to buy from franchised distributors... That ad brings back memories..

 

These?

i thought that was dream I seen it in a paper when I was kid going to the drugstore to get some tubes and test some to see if they where good.