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> still in widespread use Wait, where, how? And why? (Honestly curious!)
by klibertp 12y ago
> still in widespread use
Wait, where, how? And why? (Honestly curious!)
- jhallenworld 12y agoThere are many 8051 clones available.. it's one of the cheapest microcontrollers you can buy, but popular no doubt due to installed base plus tools from Keil. But it's certainly not the only Harvard architecture processor still in use. Microchip's PIC is the other big one- in fact it predates the 8051, having been available from General Instruments since 1976.
- rlonstein 12y agoI'm finding 8051 variants integrated into SOC's for capacitive touch screens, RFID readers, and even in contactless "smart" cards.