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04/17/13 20:47
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 		 #189671 - Money matters more to some than others
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Andy Peters said:

I came to the conclusion when I saw that the SiLabs ARMs were in many cases a lot less expensive than their 8051s.


SiLabs Prices ? Really ?
The cheapest SiLabs ARM shown at Digikey is $3.76/100 in a 40 pin package, whilst their cheapest C8051 is 73c, and Flash is from $1.15+ from SiLabs (and $1.02+ from Zilog)
A 40 pin modern Flash part from Atmel is 63.6c @ 4KF and 64.8c # 8KF

We have an app that has 3+ 8051 Vendors offering MSOP10 packages, and guess how many ARM vendors ? Yes, Zero.

There will be many more ARMs following Stellaris into early retirement.
How can a user be sure theirs is not one of them ? Roll that dice....



List of 36 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
8/32 bit musings            01/01/70 00:00      
   Have you looked at the TI M4 Cortex versions?            01/01/70 00:00      
      re:TI            01/01/70 00:00      
         One man's "Flexible" is another man's "Cumbersome"            01/01/70 00:00      
            flexibility ....            01/01/70 00:00      
               several menus to get a cuppa             01/01/70 00:00      
            re: experience            01/01/70 00:00      
            'Unwanted' flexibility            01/01/70 00:00      
               well, there is some help            01/01/70 00:00      
                  SiLabs AppBuilder            01/01/70 00:00      
                     sam e with freescale            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Same with Cypress PSoC Creator            01/01/70 00:00      
                        same ...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Certainly a wry smile is needed             01/01/70 00:00      
            It gets worse            01/01/70 00:00      
   develop all, even small, new apps in 32 bits            01/01/70 00:00      
      how ??            01/01/70 00:00      
         cost            01/01/70 00:00      
            re: cost            01/01/70 00:00      
               cost analysis            01/01/70 00:00      
         Money matters more to some than others            01/01/70 00:00      
            RE: ARMs following Stellaris into early retirement            01/01/70 00:00      
               as will we all (eventually)            01/01/70 00:00      
            ARM in small packages            01/01/70 00:00      
      Scope of "all"            01/01/70 00:00      
         Scope of "all"            01/01/70 00:00      
            RE: a hypothesis that will withstand scrutiny            01/01/70 00:00      
         RE: Superlatives are greatly over-used these days            01/01/70 00:00      
      Software costs            01/01/70 00:00      
         code reuse            01/01/70 00:00      
            I find code reuse in embedded, at best, cumbersome            01/01/70 00:00      
               Maybe it's because I don't use HLL, but ...             01/01/70 00:00      
            Devils triangle            01/01/70 00:00      
               I choose            01/01/70 00:00      
               except ...            01/01/70 00:00      
            Including code that wasn't absolutely necessary ...            01/01/70 00:00      

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