Renesas Rulz

Up to Discussions in Subatomic Particle Board (SPB)

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DJ Delorie

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Jan 20, 2009 11:36 AM

General availability?

DJ Delorie

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Jan 20, 2009 11:36 AM

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General availability?

I wanted to point someone at these today, but I couldn't find a link that said how to *get* one, or the price (other than an obscure press release on a third party site). What's the plan? Are they available through reps, distributors, web? When will they show up on, for example, digikey.com?

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ckgrier

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Jan 22, 2009 9:49 AM

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Re: General availability?

I was hoping someone else would help answer this question...

I know the reps in the USA have a limited quantity in-hand. This would be the best place to go right now.

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DJ Delorie

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Jan 22, 2009 10:47 AM

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Re: General availability?

Ok, thanks. The person I talked to sounds like he's getting one through a local rep.

Still, the old inexpensive starterkit boards aren't available, and if these are supposed to replace those, the sooner they get out the better!

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ckgrier

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Jan 22, 2009 4:09 PM

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All the distribution channels should be able to order RSK boxes through normal channels. The SPB is something new, and will run in parallel to the kits.

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Leam

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Jan 22, 2009 9:06 PM

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Re: General availability?

If the SPB doesn't come through, is there a good (low-cost) place to get an RSK for a newbie? Trying to test the mental waters with embedded systems.

Leam

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ckgrier

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Jan 26, 2009 3:42 PM

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Re: General availability?

You can get M16C based QSK boards on Digikey for low-cost development.

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Leam

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Jan 23, 2009 4:44 PM

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Re: General availability?

Here's the Digikey page for one of them. I did a search for renesas spb:

http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=YH8SPB-ND

Leam

Previously DJ Delorie wrote:

I wanted to point someone at these today, but I couldn't find a link that said how to *get* one, or the price (other than an obscure press release on a third party site). What's the plan? Are they available through reps, distributors, web? When will they show up on, for example, digikey.com?

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DJ Delorie

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Jan 23, 2009 11:10 PM

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Ah! I searched for "subatomic". Thanks!

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Leam

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Jan 24, 2009 7:09 AM

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Thank *you* DJ!

After years of being a SysAdmin/SysEng I'd forgotten how much fun it is playing with stuff at the micro level.Okay, it's challenging, I admit. However, at least a logic gate displays logic, unlike some of the line-of-business folks I've worked with.

Leam

Previously DJ Delorie wrote:

Ah! I searched for "subatomic". Thanks!

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Leam

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Jan 26, 2009 5:29 PM

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Now to find manuals for the H8 SPB which, if markings on the board are accurate, is based on the H8 Tiny.

Fun stuff!

Leam

Addendum: Chip on board is marked, if my failing eyes are correct, H8/36077. Found a manual for the chip. Nothing for the SPB itself yet. One of my "issues" is that I don't have any Windows machines to load the provided software on.

--lh

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DJ Delorie

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Jan 27, 2009 2:00 PM

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You can just copy the schematic PDFs off the DVD-ROM.

However, the strengths of the SPB kits are the software/hardware integration. Without being able to run the interactive tutorials, you're really missing a LOT.

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Leam

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Jan 27, 2009 3:36 PM

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I have a friend that'll let me sit in his office and run through the tutorials, when I get some time. Any events on the horizon that would put the tools in Linux?

Leam

Previously DJ Delorie wrote:

You can just copy the schematic PDFs off the DVD-ROM.

However, the strengths of the SPB kits are the software/hardware integration. Without being able to run the interactive tutorials, you're really missing a LOT.