1) ABOUT THIS FAQ
I started by putting together a FAQ on the 8051 microcontroller in
response to my own frustration in finding information. The FAQ has
now been out for some time and has been very well received. One of
the questions that I'm frequently asked is if I know of a FAQ on the
68hc11. Not only that, but how many times have you seen the
following questions posted on the newsgroups: "anyone know of a C
compiler for the 68hc11?", "anyone know of an assembler for the
68hc11?", and so on.
Therefore, I decided to jump in and try my hand again. I figured
that this would be a good learning experience. From what I've seen
so far, the 68hc11 is a good chip, and well worth learning and
developing with. I really don't have any experience with the 68hc11
(yet), so I'm going to need everyone's help on this. Just as with
the 8051 FAQ, with everyone's help this FAQ should turn out to be a
pretty useful document.
I please ask that if you have any suggestions or additions, or you
would like to correct any of the information contained herein, please
send me a note.
My Email address is: russ@silicom.co.il
My Smail address is:
Russ Hersch
HaVradim 11
Ginot Shomron
ISRAEL
The list of individuals who have sent suggestions and encouragement
has overflowed. I hope it suffices to say "Thank you to all who have
contributed to this FAQ - we all appreciate it."
Special thanks to:
David Dunfield (Dunfield Development Systems)
Bob Boys (maintainer of the superb Mot. 68K FAQ)
Forrest Cook
Carl Barnes (Technological Arts)
Jens Holm
Patrick Campbell (Mosaic Industries)
Ken Hornstein
Very special thanks to Ping Huang and Thomas Koenig of the
news.answers moderators team for all of their help.
I certainly hope that those of you who know of interesting items for
the 68hc11 will share with everyone by contributing to this list.
If you are a manufacturer and have an anonymous ftp site available
that supports the 68hc11, please let me know by Email so that I can
add it to this FAQ. Also please feel free to keep me updated on your
products.
This FAQ will be posted to the following newsgroups:
comp.realtime
comp.robotics
sci.electronics
comp.answers
sci.answers
news.answers
The first three newsgroups often contain discussions, announcements,
or information on the 68hc11. Check them out from time to time. By
posting to the *.answers newsgroups, the FAQ will automatically be
archived. The archive name of this FAQ (also included in the header)
is: microcontroller-faq/68hc11.
The schedule for posting will be once a month. I can't promise that
it will be on time, but I hope to post it on the 26th of each month.
You might also want to check out the following newsgroups, since they
occasionally have items of interest for you 68hc11 users.
comp.sys.m6809
comp.sys.m68k
comp.lang.misc
comp.arch.embedded
alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
A bit farther afield, but still of possible interest:
comp.ai.fuzzy
comp.dsp
sci.engr.control
sci.engr.semiconductors
I am putting no restrictions on the use of this FAQ except - It must
be distributed in its entirety with the copyright notice, and no
financial gain may be realized from it. After all, I have spent, and
continue to spend, a lot of time on this, and the only thing that I
intend to gain from it is more information on the 68hc11, and getting
to know my fellow 68hc11 groupies better.
For this reason I have appended a copyright statement to the end of
this FAQ. I feel pretty silly doing this, but I just want to protect
myself. The copyright does not limit the use of this list for
noncommercial purposes. I hereby give my permission to one and all
to pass this list around and post it wherever you want - as long as
it is not for financial gain.
Thank you.
If anyone wishes to start a FAQ on another microcontroller, please
feel free to copy the format of this FAQ - I don't intend on
copyrighting the look and feel ;-). With a common format, we will
all benefit when trying to find information on a particular
microcontroller.
If anyone has any comments on the format itself, I'm open for
suggestions.
Other Microcontroller FAQs
Subject: PIC microcontrollers
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
comp.robotics
sci.electronics
sci.electronics.repair
Archive: rtfm.mit.edu :
/pub/usenet/comp.answers/microcontroller-faq/PIC
/pub/usenet/sci.answers/microcontroller-faq/PIC
/pub/usenet/news.answers/microcontroller-faq/PIC
Maintainer: Tom Kellett
Email: Tom@takdsign.demon.co.uk
Subject: 8051 microcontrollers
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
comp.realtime
comp.robotics
comp.lang.forth
sci.electronics
Archive: rtfm.mit.edu :
/pub/usenet/comp.answers/microcontroller-faq/8051
/pub/usenet/sci.answers/microcontroller-faq/8051
/pub/usenet/news.answers/microcontroller-faq/8051
Maintainer: Russ Hersch
Email: russ@silicom.co.il
Subject: Microcontroller primer and FAQ
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
comp.arch.embedded
comp.robotics
sci.electronics
alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
Archive: rtfm.mit.edu :
/pub/usenet/comp.answers/microcontroller-faq/primer
/pub/usenet/sci.answers/microcontroller-faq/primer
/pub/usenet/news.answers/microcontroller-faq/primer
Maintainer: Russ Hersch
Email: russ@silicom.co.il
Additional FAQs of interest
Subject: Robotics
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Maintainer: Kevin Dowling
(412)268-8830
Email: nivek@ri.cmu.edu
Smail: Carnegie Mellon University
The Robotics Institute
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Subject: Electronics
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Comments: There are a number of FAQs available in this newsgroup
on various subjects. Among some of the subjects covered
are: LCDs, stepper motors, etc.
Subject: Real-time
Newsgroups: comp.realtime, comp.answers, news.answers
Archive: rtfm.mit.edu : pub/usenet/comp.realtime
Maintainer: Mark Linimon
Lonesome Dove Computing Services
Roanoke, Virginia
Email: linimon@nominil.lonesome.com.
Subject: Motorola 68K microprocessor line
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
Archive: bode.ee.ualberta.ca : pub/motorola/general
ftp.luth.se : /pub/misc/motorola/faq
file name of archive is m68kfaq?.zip (? is version)
Maintainer: Robert Boys - Ontario, Canada
Email: r.boys@genie.geis.com
or
fboys@uoguelph.ca
Two useful articles are also available. One article provides a
tabular cross reference of features and pin counts. The second
article provides pinout diagrams of many of the Motorola line of 8
bit microcontrollers. Both lists were compiled and are being
maintained by Roger Nelson .
For more information on various microcontrollers and their features,
refer to the Microcontroller primer and FAQ listed above.