On 06/29/2017 01:37 PM, Dan Roganti via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Absolutely agree that old "microcontrollers" are relevant.
Old ones, yes. When I posted that microcontroller discussion should be semi-OT I meant the new ones.
I really don't think they even use that phrase any longer for the new stuff, eg Raspberry PI, et al I think only for the Arduino style boards since its still an 8bitter, but even the newer Arduino boards are 32bit processors now They are more apt to refer them as SoC's in regard to the new Processors Because of their complexity, either 32bits or 64bits cpu, and a Buttload of I/O interfaces And so they are regarded more as a Embedded controller, even though it's a old term, indicating their advanced complexity.
This is dangerous territory. There are plenty of absolutely current processors which just happen to be 8-bit architectures. 8-bits doesn't imply anything at all about age. (I know YOU know this, this is mainly for the benefit of folks here who might be stuck on certain assumptions) And I sincerely hope nobody here actually considers RPi to be a "microcontroller"...with its video, keyboard/mouse interface, network interface... Wow. ;) There are a lot of gray areas and certainly quite a bit of overlap. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA