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Subject: 
RE: Brainstorms - multiple I/O buses
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Date: 
Fri, 9 Aug 2002 22:58:27 GMT
Original-From: 
Bruce Boyes <BBOYES@SYSTRONIXantispam.COM>
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At 07:26 AM 8/10/2002 +1000, Bruce Powell wrote:
Why have just one BUS, different BUS's are optiomised for different purposes
and it can be easy to support different types (Possibly by different
midules). ie 1Wire, I2C, Ethernet

Bruce Powell

Exactly our approach. JStik on a JCX system will have ethernet, high speed
I/O bus (bytewide data, addresses and strobes). SPI and I2C are supported,
also Dallas 1Wire with a JSimm board plug in. Oh, IrDA and RS485 will be
options too.

When? September if all goes reasonably well.

The one thing we're unsure about is the battery but that's a good topic for
its own post.

Bruce

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