Using PC HW

[Sandy]

I'll agree 'a car is no place for pc's' It can be done (and is) but why make
extra trouble. On the EFI 332 list you could have had the CPU board and
debugger for a couple of $$, and all the free software you could use.

_But_ more importantly, get the App note. I would like to get a copy of it
if you can. It will be interesting to see other peoples ideas on doing EFI.
I have a 552' about the biggest problem with them (and all 8051 relatives)
is the nasty   structure of the processor (My A/C is on, so feel free to
fire away). The 68332 is a magnatude better for EFI, _AND_ it has a nice
rich instruction set, including the TPU and other nice thing. If you want
built in A/D they have a version with that too. But the idea is the same, a
PC mudder board will be about the worst thing that you could base a system on. 

Sandy

At 09:17 AM 10/7/96 +1200, you wrote:
>
>Flame on full:
>I've just *begun* using a Philips 8xC552 uController, and the thought
>of the time and effort and extra hardware in using a PC to control
>a car makes me want to PUKE!!!!!  Not to mention how FECKIN' BIG'N
>UGLY it would be!!!!!  Forget it!!! All this wasted bandwidth is makin
>me vomit!!!
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