??? 11/01/06 04:37 Read: times |
#127207 - If all one could get is PLCC ... Responding to: ???'s previous message |
It might not be that successful. Further, if it can't surpass the capabilities of Intersil, Toshiba, and Oki, it won't leave you that much market share. How will the extra registers improve the bus-side interface performance? How will extra registers increase the output current?
None of the boards that I have, which use the 8255, use the PLCC version, not that it wouldn't have been a good choice. At the time these were in common use, the DIP was cheaper than the PLCC. Besides, nowadays everyone is size crazy. If their board is bigger than a business card, they're embarassed. I like a board that's about 9x12" with 75% of that in prototype area. Since I have scores of amps on each supply available, I don't care about low power. 50 Amps on Vcc doesn't worry me a bit. I once built a circuit requiring 12 Amps on the -12 supply, and that was just for the RS232's. RE |