> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Mike Murphree > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [avr-chat] Why 8051? > > > > > > > Radiation hardening. If you need it, its not optional. > > > I would think that other micros are (or can be) rad-hard. > > > > > Ummm, no, not even close. > > Radiation hardened microprocessors use different construction > and electrical design techniques than garden variety 8051 and > AVRs use. > > It's not uncommon to put soft processor cores into radiation > tolerant FPGAs and ASICs as a somewhat cheaper solution. >
Thanks for the clarification! Eric _______________________________________________ AVR-chat mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/avr-chat
