Hi ed,

In all fairness, most MCU's have the same caracteristics for general purpose applications.  Since you have chosen a processor, it is very important for you to define the device you plan to build and work out all of the processing threads, inputs and outputs.  You also need to assess your timelines for event responses.  At that point, you can look at your selected MCU to see if it meets those needs.  In some cases, you might have to use some extra hardware to make up for MCU limitations.

I have worked on many projects where the hardware was predefined and the software job was to make everything work.  This approach violates all reasonable system design processes, but you can still do the job.  It just makes it more risky to satisfy all of the requirements.

Your MCU selection is based upon your familiarity with the processor.  I can see your point in selecting an item you know well.  You will have to keep us posted on your progress so we can see how your decision plays out during your project.

Paul, I apologize for jumping in here, but I sensed the need to assess the issues and open up options for Ed.  While his approach is risky, it is not an unprecidented method used to develop prototypes for future production projects.

To all of you following these posts, I am prepared to start a series of blogs on the Systems Engineering Process if there is interest in doing so, but since the effort is non trivial, I need some assurance that my effort is desired.

Thanks

DAB

Good morning,

I'm an electrical engineering student and currently working an a PIC32MX795F512L microcontroller project and I am having difficulties downloading the FreeRTOS on it using MPLAB X. I was wondering if you could maybe help me with some advice.

Thank you.

Also,

Anyone get the RTOS Viewer plug-in to work in MPLABX 1.00

HI.

Sir I want to design 12V/4A regulated power supply operated on battery supply which veries from 11,1V to 14.4V Please help me

Paul

I have just bought Farnell part 2075388 SBC8018: TI AM1808XX with 4.3" LCD.

When I power it     the following apears on the LCD:

Please wait: booting

ANGSTROM

The Angstrom Distribution sbc8018 tty1

http://www.tim11.com 2011.09 sbc8018 tty1

sbc8018 login:

Well I didn't expect that; tim11.com is a football/sports website and I see nothing in the manual about login....

Has some one else had this device?

David