Re: Cobalt Micro (was Re: Build your own Motherboards)

Ralf (ralf@dcs.warwick.ac.uk)
Tue, 8 Sep 1998 15:03:59 +0100 (BST)

> > >On the contrary, you can do i2c with no additional hardware on the PC
> > >end, and with just i2c aware logic devices the other end if you wish.
> >
> Anyone know where I can find x86 based micros with such neat features
> (builtin ram, flash, i2c, etc.)? I only know assembly on x86 and I dont
> think I would want to learn yet another asm just for a toy. :)

You might want to look at the PIC 16C7x range of processors. They're
pretty cheap and do I2C, and have an EPROM built in. You can program
them to interface to, say, a parallel or serial port and do whatever I2C
you need.

Ralf.
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