Good that you understand that it does not cost more to make a device with "more memory", specifically when they've already made the one with more memory first.
[at the end, I'll explain what's wrong with what they've done]
I don't see that you comprehend that if they were going to make the 32 after making the 64, but then soon start selling 32 but give 64 hardware, then there was no reason in the first place to ever actually make 32 hardware. What a waste of resources that would be. But look, the D32 is brand new. Have they even really
started selling it yet? I got samples direct from FSL.
That tells me that it could only be opposite of what you said. They are
starting out with using DJ64 to represent D32, in order to get people started. I might even guess that they are using this to get an estimation of how many customers they will have interrested in that small amount of memory, and find out before they have to actually make the hardware
have that small amount.
Now I almost forgot to explain what's all wrong with this; here's my background:
I've been using, of course, DP256 first because that's what was intended to get people started. I eventually dared to buy a large batch of DG128B, to save some bucks in production. I found right away that little things can be missed where my application was relying on DP256 resources that it did not need to. I actually had to try it
on the DG128 to see that I still needed other things changed such as where RAM
starts. Finally I got it, but then I bought DJ64. Before I actually tested it, I found that D32 was finally comming available, so I got samples of that. Now that I'm testing these, I see that I can't really know if I've properly created a memory layout that will work on the D32 because it is not actually a D32, but a '64. Anyway, I can't do anything about it unless I just want to say "forget embedded development" and start another career, you know. Just switching to another manufacturer will not mean I won't have different trouble with them making decisions that mess up customers.
So have fun.
Message Edited by imajeff on
2007-08-11 11:18 AM