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Fast single-chipper
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Sales Limited, 52 Moorbridge Road, Maidenhead, Berks, UK. Telephone: 0628 36828)
Fast single-chipper A single-chip NMOS microcomputer, the R6500/1, operating at 2 MHz with a 1/~s minimum instruction execution time, has been developed by Rockwell. The 40-pin R6500/1 is fully software compatible with the 6500 family. It operates from a single 5 V power supply, and features a separate power pin which allows RAM memory to function on 10% of the operating power.
vol 2 no 4 august 78
Onchip features include 2 k x 8-bit ROM, 64 x 8-bit RAM, 16-bit interval timer/event counter, and 32 bidirectional I/O lines. Additionally, it has maskable and nonmaskable interrupts and an event-in/timer-out line. The 32 bidirectional I/O lines are divided into four 8-bit ports (A, B, C and D). Each line can be selectively used as an input or an output. Two inputs to port A can be used as edge-sensing software-maskable interrupt inputs: one senses a rising edge; the other a falling edge. Four different counter modes of operation are programmable:
electrically identical to the standard R6500/1 part, to facilitate prototype system development. An R6500/1 personality module for software and hardware development and in-circuit emulation is available as an option to the System 65 microcomputer development system. Rockwell have also expanded their PPS range to eight models with a new device featuring A/D conversion multiplexed to two input ports. The table shows the complete range.
(Pelco Limited, Enterprise House, 83-85 Western Road, Hove, Sussex BN3 1JB, UK. Telephone: Brighton (0273) 722155)
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free running with clock cycles counted for real-time reference • free running with output signal toggled by each counter overflow • external event counter • pulse-width measurement mode
ROMs GI Microelectronics have announced availability of two new 32k ROMs, the RO-3-9332B and RO-3-9332C. Both devices have fully static operation and offer 450 ns and 350 ns access times, respectively. (General Instru-
A 16-bit latch automatically reinitializes the counter to a present value. Interrupt on overflow is software maskable. Rockwell provides a 64-pin emulator part, of which 40 pins are
ment Microelectronics Corporation, Regency House, 1-4 Warwick Street, London WIR 5WB, UK. Telephone: 01-439 1891)
Rockwell PPS-4/1 one-chipmicrocomputers Features
MMT5
MM76
MM76C*
MM76E
MM77
MM78
MM76L
MM76EL
ROM (X8)
640
640
640
1024
1344
2048
640
1024
RAM (X4)
48
48
48
48
96
128
48
48
Total I/O lines
22
31
39
31
31
31
31
31
Conditional interrupt
I
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Parallel input
4
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Bidirectional parallel
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Discrete
9
l0
I0
I0
I0
I0
I0
10
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Serial Package (in-line) Power
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28-pin 42-pin 52-pin dual quad quad
42-pin 42-pin 42-pin 40-pin 40-pin quad q u a d quad dual dual -6.5 V to-11 V -15 V at 70 mW (typical) at 15 mW (typical)
*Two 8-bit or one 16-bit presetable up/down counter
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Sales Limited, 52 Moorbridge Road, Maidenhead, Berks, UK. Telephone: 0628 36828)
Fast single-chipper A single-chip NMOS microcomputer, the R6500/1, operating at 2 MHz with a 1/~s minimum instruction execution time, has been developed by Rockwell. The 40-pin R6500/1 is fully software compatible with the 6500 family. It operates from a single 5 V power supply, and features a separate power pin which allows RAM memory to function on 10% of the operating power.
vol 2 no 4 august 78
Onchip features include 2 k x 8-bit ROM, 64 x 8-bit RAM, 16-bit interval timer/event counter, and 32 bidirectional I/O lines. Additionally, it has maskable and nonmaskable interrupts and an event-in/timer-out line. The 32 bidirectional I/O lines are divided into four 8-bit ports (A, B, C and D). Each line can be selectively used as an input or an output. Two inputs to port A can be used as edge-sensing software-maskable interrupt inputs: one senses a rising edge; the other a falling edge. Four different counter modes of operation are programmable:
electrically identical to the standard R6500/1 part, to facilitate prototype system development. An R6500/1 personality module for software and hardware development and in-circuit emulation is available as an option to the System 65 microcomputer development system. Rockwell have also expanded their PPS range to eight models with a new device featuring A/D conversion multiplexed to two input ports. The table shows the complete range.
(Pelco Limited, Enterprise House, 83-85 Western Road, Hove, Sussex BN3 1JB, UK. Telephone: Brighton (0273) 722155)
•
free running with clock cycles counted for real-time reference • free running with output signal toggled by each counter overflow • external event counter • pulse-width measurement mode
ROMs GI Microelectronics have announced availability of two new 32k ROMs, the RO-3-9332B and RO-3-9332C. Both devices have fully static operation and offer 450 ns and 350 ns access times, respectively. (General Instru-
A 16-bit latch automatically reinitializes the counter to a present value. Interrupt on overflow is software maskable. Rockwell provides a 64-pin emulator part, of which 40 pins are
ment Microelectronics Corporation, Regency House, 1-4 Warwick Street, London WIR 5WB, UK. Telephone: 01-439 1891)
Rockwell PPS-4/1 one-chipmicrocomputers Features
MMT5
MM76
MM76C*
MM76E
MM77
MM78
MM76L
MM76EL
ROM (X8)
640
640
640
1024
1344
2048
640
1024
RAM (X4)
48
48
48
48
96
128
48
48
Total I/O lines
22
31
39
31
31
31
31
31
Conditional interrupt
I
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Parallel input
4
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Bidirectional parallel
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Discrete
9
l0
I0
I0
I0
I0
I0
10
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Serial Package (in-line) Power
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28-pin 42-pin 52-pin dual quad quad
42-pin 42-pin 42-pin 40-pin 40-pin quad q u a d quad dual dual -6.5 V to-11 V -15 V at 70 mW (typical) at 15 mW (typical)
*Two 8-bit or one 16-bit presetable up/down counter
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