hi,
I'm not sure if this is a stupid question or not, but I'm wondering if anyone makes a bare microprocessor with the M0(+) core?
I want to build a 'toy' computer along the lines of the various 8-bit breadboard computer projects around, but I want to try and use 'modern' components but have discrete RAM, ROM, I/O etc.
Does anyone actually make such a device?
thanks
-Mike
You mean like a 6502? I think you can do so using Xilinx FPGA + CM0+
Yeah, like a 6502. I'm also trying very hard to steer clear of FPGA (mostly because it's completely alien to me, but also because I want to do it without 'magic code' if I can)
MalphasWats said:Does anyone actually make such a device?
Probably not, there is little utility in such a device in the current market some 40 years in the future. The economics of ICs are that you make 100's of millions of them.
Many parts allow for an external bus, and you could presumably interface whatever you want externally, and ignore the peripherals, etc on-board. It will however be rather slow.
If you really want to relive the past, build a 6502, Z80 or 68K board, eBay has a wealth of DIP components from yester-year. You could find yourself 4/8Mb EPROMs if you look. Not sure anyone will fab you ROMs at this point, there are OTP EPROMs without quartz windows. An EPROM programmer might pose a problem with older parts, especially the 21V ones.
Well probably not microprocessors, but surely microcontrollers:
https://www.mouser.co.uk/ProductDetail/NXP-Semiconductors/LPC845-BRK?qs=0lSvoLzn4L8YMGbFSlzKZQ%3D%3D&vip=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI67uOxNrK4wIVUkHTCh3VpwnXEAYYAyABEgI5B_D_BwE
Same path as 8-bit is going. For small systems, not sure if it is economically viable to build from microprocessors anymore.