Hey everyone,
I've come here looking for some advice... I've been working with microcontrollers for a while now (mainly the 8051F120 and its variants) and I've been doing a lot of graphic LCD work of late which has really been pushing the limits of what the little 8051 is capable of (driving a 320x240 24bit LCD screen at about 10fps is as fast I've been able to go).
The main projects I work on basically have a fair few mixed digital inputs/outputs, which (are starting to) have more and more elaborate LCD interfaces.
My question is: Which more powerful chip do I go to from here? I've found there's an absolute multitude of reasonably powered micros and FPGA's out there.
I've heard a lot of good things about the ARM Cortex A and R series chips... I just can't seem to find much info on their I/O ports, and of course a good number of I/O ports is essential to what I'm doing... Has anyone got any recommendations?
I've come here looking for some advice... I've been working with microcontrollers for a while now (mainly the 8051F120 and its variants) and I've been doing a lot of graphic LCD work of late which has really been pushing the limits of what the little 8051 is capable of (driving a 320x240 24bit LCD screen at about 10fps is as fast I've been able to go).
The main projects I work on basically have a fair few mixed digital inputs/outputs, which (are starting to) have more and more elaborate LCD interfaces.
My question is: Which more powerful chip do I go to from here? I've found there's an absolute multitude of reasonably powered micros and FPGA's out there.
I've heard a lot of good things about the ARM Cortex A and R series chips... I just can't seem to find much info on their I/O ports, and of course a good number of I/O ports is essential to what I'm doing... Has anyone got any recommendations?