Hello!
Chris Morriss
crsm at oroboros.demon.co.uk
Tue Mar 18 20:51:30 GMT 1997
In message <199703181644.LAA10388 at dr_no.utias.utoronto.ca>, Todd
Chisholm <todd at oddjob.utias.utoronto.ca> writes
>Hello everyone,
>
Snipped portion.>
>After poking around in the DIY and EFI332 pages, I have a few
>questions. My original thoughts were a very simple system based
>around an 8051 controller. The EFI332 motherboard seems to be much
>more sophisticated. Is the 8051 not powerful enough? Is the EFI332
>the first full system to be put together by members? Is there an FAQ
>that I should read to answer all these annoying questions?
>
>
There is an 8051 derivative that is targeted at this sort of
application.
This is the 80C552 from Philips which has a useful extra 16 bit timer
with load/compare abilities on the fly. As well as A/D and D/A
converters. It does work well for ignition control (and EFI) if you can
come to terms with its clunky memory architecture.
A colleague of mine tells me that there now exist efficient C compilers
for 8051 family processors. Not being a softie myself, I don't know how
efficient these are.
A HC11 would be an easier choice to write the s/w for.
--
Chris Morriss
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