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This article left me wondering: Are there no options left with 68000 family CPU?


Not in this price range. The only parts from that family left in production are the ColdFire series, which are more expensive (starting at around $1.60@1k) and have unimpressive characteristics compared to other options (50 MHz with poor IPC, limited memory size, minimal peripherals). And even those are on their way out -- the product line hasn't been updated in ages, and NXP has shifted its focus to ARM.


Still, $1.60 isn't bad for a 68000. Some of the chips in the article are spins on the 8051, so the 68000 is a big step up from them. Now, true, you can get every peripheral imaginable in an 8051 spin, and often for that $1 price, but the 68000 has a lot more functionality as a CPU.




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