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Subject: 68hc11 microcontroller FAQ
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This article is a collection of information sources on the line of
Motorola 68hc11 microcontrollers.

The following topics are addressed:

      0)  Rantings and ravings (to make the FAQ zero-based)

      1)  ABOUT THIS FAQ
    1.1)  Who put this FAQ together?
    1.2)  How can I contribute to this FAQ?
    1.3)  What newsgroups will this FAQ be posted to?
    1.4)  Can I distribute this FAQ or post it somewhere else?
    1.5)  How about FAQs on other microcontrollers?

      2)  ABOUT THE 68hc11
    2.1)  The 68hc11 microcontroller
    2.2)  68hc11 chips and approximate prices
    2.3)  Advantages realized in implementing control applications
          with this family of microcontrollers

      3)  68hc11 PRODUCTS
    3.1)  FTP sites
    3.2)  BBSs
    3.3)  Free languages and development systems
    3.4)  Free C compilers
    3.5)  Plans for 68hc11-based boards
    3.6)  Commercially available software

      4)  68hc11 DOCUMENTATION
    4.1)  Periodicals
    4.2)  Books

      5)  What's next.


0)  Rantings and ravings

    This is only a start.  Be kind and send in your contributions.
    Thanks.

    Take care,

              Uncle Russ


1)  ABOUT THIS FAQ

1.1)  Who put this FAQ together?

    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 several months and seems to be 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.


1.2)  How can I contribute to this list?

    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:  sibit@datasrv.co.il
         My Smail address is:
               Russ Hersch
               HaVradim 11
               Ginot Shomron
               ISRAEL

    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.


1.3)  What newsgroups will this FAQ be posted to?

    This FAQ will be posted to the following newsgroups:
          comp.realtime
          comp.robotics
          sci.electronics

    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.


1.4)  Can I post this FAQ to my local BBS?

    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.


1.5)  How about FAQs on other microcontrollers?

    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.

    As stated earlier, I am currently maintaining a FAQ on the 8051, and
    Tom Kellett has started a FAQ on the PIC microcontroller line.  Both
    FAQs use this same format.  Hopefully this will lead towards a much
    needed collection of microcontroller FAQs.


    Other Microcontroller FAQs

      Subject:  PIC microcontrollers
      Newsgroups:  comp.realtime
                   comp.robotics
                   sci.electronics
      Maintainer:  Tom Kellett
                   Tom@takdsign.demon.co.uk

      Subject:  8051 microcontrollers
      Newsgroups:  comp.sys.intel
                   comp.realtime
                   comp.robotics
                   comp.lang.forth
                   sci.electronics
      Maintainer:  Russ Hersch
                   Email:  sibit@datasrv.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
      Maintainer:  Filip Gieszczykiewicz

      Subject:  Real-time
      Newsgroups:  comp.realtime, comp.answers, news.answers
      Archive:  rtfm.mit.edu : pub/usenet/comp.realtime
      Maintainter:  Mark Linimon
                       Lonesome Dove Computing Services
                       Roanoke, Virginia
                    Email:  linimon@nominil.lonesome.com.


2)  ABOUT THE 68hc11


2.1)  The 68hc11 microcontroller

    The 68hc11 is a powerful 8-bit data, 16-bit address microcontroller
    from Motorola (the sole supplier) with an instruction set that is
    similar to the older 68xx (6801, 6805, 6809) parts.  Depending on the
    variety, the 68hc11 has built-in EEPROM/OTPROM, RAM, digital I/O,
    timers, A/D converter, PWM generator, and synchronous and
    ansynchronous communications channels (RS232 and SPI).  Typical
    current draw is less than 20ma.

    For a nice breakdown of the 68hc11 line, check out the file
    taxonomy.txt at cherupakha.media.mit.edu : /pub/miniboard/hobby-tips.
    The file contains a table detailing all of the possible combinations
    that the 68hc11 is supplied in.


2.2)  68hc11 chips and approximate prices (in USD $)

    Prices??  Hell - I can't even find the suckers!  Anyone out there
    know where the 68hc11 can be found and what the prices are?

    For those of you who remember the old Chicken Man series on radio,
    "He's everywhere! He's everywhere!" - the 68hc11 is not Chicken Man.
    The 68hc11 - "It's nowhere, it's nowhere!"  I remember one episode in
    which our hero was fighting against an evil plot to steal all of the
    refrigerator light bulbs in the world.  Well, maybe the same thing
    happened with the 68hc11 - they just can't be found.

    Maybe it's just a clever scam.  The 68hc11 really doesn't exist.
    Instead, Motorola cobbled together a microprocessor using an Intel
    8051 running an emulation of the 68hc11 instruction set (Intel
    Inside?).


2.3)  Advantages realized in implementing control applications on this
      family of microcontrollers

    Traditional architecture - a more traditional architecture than other
    competing products (such as the 8051 and PIC) makes it easier to
    learn and develop on (especially well-suited for teaching
    microcontrollers)

    More features - a 68hc11 is typically a "one-chip" solution since it
    often includes such items as A/D, PWM, and many I/O lines

    Popular - widely used since it is very inexpensive and has a wide
    range of development tools available (both freeware and commercial)


3)  68hc11 PRODUCTS

    This section includes descriptions and references to free and
    commercial software for the 68hc11.  FTP sites and BBSs contain many
    quality packages and code samples for free.  For heavy duty use, you
    might prefer the many commercial packages that are available.  With
    the public domain (or free) stuff, you're usually on your own.  The
    commercial packages usually provide extensive documentation and
    support.


3.1)  FTP sites

    The following is a list of the various anonymous ftp sites that have
    68hc11 source code and programming languages.  There are many others
    that  are not listed here that contains bits and pieces.  Usually you
    can find them using Archie and searching for "68hc11", "6811", or
    "hc11".

    bode.ee.ualberta.ca
        - HUGE archive of all sorts of stuff on the 68hc11 (lots of other
          good stuff too!)
        - you'll have fun mucking around this ftp site, there's piles of
          stuff here
        /pub/motorola
        /pub/motorola/68hc11
        /pub/motorola/mcu11

    cherupakha.media.mit.edu (cher.media.mit.edu)
        - HUMUNGOUS archive of all sorts of stuff on the 68hc11 including
          the 6.270 robotics project, Mini Board, F1 board, and more
          (lots of other good stuff too!)
        - you'll lose yourself rooting around this ftp site, there's
          piles of stuff here (assemblers, tools, C compilers, plans and
          schematics, and many other items)
        /pub/6270 - tools, docs, schematics, etc. for the MIT 6.270
          robotics project using a 68hc11-based development system
        /pub/6811 - software, schematics, etc. for the 68hc11-based F1
          board
        /pub/incoming - various unsorted or new items
        /pub/miniboard - software, docs, schematics, etc. for the 3"x2",
          68hc11-based Mini Board controller

    listserv@oberon.com
        - mailing list for the Mini Board and 6.270 board
        - send a message containing the word "help" for directions
        - mailing list address:  robot-board@oberon.com
        - maintainer:  gkulosa@oberon.com

    ftp.funet.fi (nic.funet.fi)
        - this is a good one, too
        /pub/microprocs/6811
        other subdirectories in /pub/microprocs include:
          1802, 6805, 8048, 8051, 8096 and many other microprocessors

    ernie.uvic.ca
        - files provided by local Motorola representative
        /pub/mcu11
        other subdirectories include: ibm, dsp96k, dsp56100, dsp56k,
        dsptools, develop, mac, mcu302, mcu332, mcu11, pgmr, mcu16, mcu,
        market, qa, general, m68k, evm, dsp (a little bit of something
        for everyone)

    hipp.etsu.edu
        /pub/hc11
        /pub/hc11/Mcintosh.Evb.Disk - Macintosh software for EVB
        /pub/hc11/beacon - navigation project for mc68hc811e2-based
           robots

    mc68hc11-request@hipp.etsu.edu - mailing list

    hpcsos.col.hp.com
        /misc/ns32k/beowulf

    ftp.netcom.com
        /pub/imagecft - version 0.50 (prerelease) of ImageCraft C

    info@circellar.com - Email (not ftp)
        - send Email to get information file on services available
        - all Circuit Cellar INK and BYTE related files available

    lth.se
        /pub/languages/assembler

    asterix.inescn.pt - FORTH archive
        /pub/forth/68hc11


3.2)  BBSs

    The following BBSs have 68hc11 information:

    Austin Texas Motorola BBS
        - terrific, has piles of stuff, only some of which is on
          bode.ee.ualberta.ca

    Circuit Cellar, Inc.
        - contains code from their magazine articles and from the
          original Circuit Cellar articles in Byte magazine, also
          contains many other interesting items
        - The BBS is mentioned in the masthead of each issue (on the
          table of contents page).  Excerpts from the BBS appear in Ken
          Davidson's ConnecTime column in every issue with a description
          of how to access the system at the end of every column.
        - (203)871-1988
        - Voice: (203)875-2751
        - Fax: (203)872-2204

    Dunfield Development Systems
        - support for their Micro-C and development tools
        - (613)256-5820
        - 24 hours a day with touch tone

    Electronics Now
        - contains code from their magazine articles
        - (516)293-2283
        - 1200/2400, 8N1

    PseudoCorp
        - support for their line of simulators and assemblers
        - (804)873-4838

    Mark Reeves
        - support for the Mini Board
        - (919)481-3170 (voice hours from 5-7 pm EST)


3.3)  Free languages and development tools

    The following is a list of the languages and development tools that I
    could find on the net.  Nearly all of them include source code,
    however not all are public domain.

    Assembler

      Program: A51.ZIP
      Description: PseudoSam 68hc11 Cross Assembler
      Location:  ftp.funet.fi : /pub/microprocs/6811

      Program: CUG292WK.ZIP
      Description:  C source for a cross assembler, includes 68hc11
      Author:  Alan R. Baldwin
      Location:  oak.oakland.edu : /pub/msdos/crossasm
                 pc.usl.edu : /pub/msdos/systools
                 many other locations (use Archie to find)

      Program: Frankenstein
      Description:  C source for a cross assembler, includes 68hc11
      Author:  Mark Zenier
      Location:  ftp.njit.edu : /pub/msdos/frankasm/FRANKASM.ZOO
                 lth.se : /pub/netnews/alt.sources/volume90/dec
                 ftp.uni-kl.de : /pub1/unix/languages/frankenstein.tar.Z
                 many other locations (use Archie to find)

      Program:  as11
      Description:  Portable cross assembler (source in C), other
                    processors available
      Author:  William C. Colley, III
      Location:  hpcsos.col.hp.com : /misc/ns32k/beowulf/a2-6811

      Program:  MOTOASM
      Description:  68HC11/68HC05 assembler for Acorn RiscPC or 300x/400x
                    includes:  editor, multitasking assembly, C-like
                    preprocessor, command-line assembly option
      Location:  mic2.hensa.ac.uk : micros/arch/riscos/b/b044


    Basic

      Program:  Basic11 and Bas11
      Description:  Basic interpreter for the 68hc11
      Location:  bode.ee.ualberta.ca : /pub/motorola/mcu11


    Forth

      Program:  forth11.arc
      Description:  FIG-Forth for the 68hc11
      Author:  based on the original 6800 FIG-Forth
               ported by Brian McClellan
      Location:  bode.ee.ualberta.ca : /pub/motorola/

      Program:  Tiny4th
      Description:  MS-DOS 6811 FORTH system
      Author:  Karl Lunt
      Location:  cherupakha.media.mit.edu : /pub/6811/tiny4th


    Development systems

      Program:  68hc11 simulator
      Description:  An opcode simulator for the 68HC11 processor.
                    Ported to Unix and MS-DOS.
      Author:  Ted Dunning <ted@nmsu.edu>
      Location:  crl.nmsu.edu : /pub/non-lexical/6811/sim6811.shar

      Program:  MCX11
      Description:  Real-time kernel for the 68hc11
      Author:  Tom Barrett (Embedded System Products)
      Location:  bode.ee.ualberta.ca : /pub/mcu11/mcx11v15.arc

      Program:  REXIS
      Description:  Real-time EXecutive for Intelligent Systems is a
    smallish multitasking executive written in C that
                    provides subsumption architecture style kernel calls.
      Author:  Richard Man <man@zko.dec.com>
      Location:  world.std.com : pub/REXIS.subsumption (evaluation copy)


3.4)  Free C compilers

    One of the big advantages of choosing the 68hc11 for your next
    project (especially you hobbyists on a low budget) is the
    availability of freeware C compilers.

      Program: smallc11
      Description:  Small-C ported to the 68hc11
                    (includes source code for Turbo C)
      Author:  James E. Hendrix
               Ported to 68hc11 by John Dumas
               Improved and Converted to Turbo C by Hellmuth Michaelis
      Comments:  may be buggy depending on the version
      Location:  bode.ee.ualberta.ca : /pub/motorola/68hc11/smallc11.zip

      Program: ImageCraft C Compiler (icc11)
      Description:  version 0.50 (prerelease, but complete) of a C
                    compiler for the 68hc11
      Author:  ImageCraft
      Comments:  this seems like a pretty nice package, a commercial
                 version (v 1.0) has just been released for $40
      Location:  bode.ee.ualberta.ca : /pub/motorola/icc11.zip
                 cherupakha.media.mit.edu : /pub/6811
                 ftp.netcom.com : /pub/imagecft (version 0.50)

      Program: interactive-c
      Description:  C compiler for use with the 6.270 robotics project
      Author:  Randy Sargent - rsargent@media.mit.edu
      Location:  cherupakha.media.mit.edu : /pub/6270/interactive-c

      Program: gcc11
      Description:  beta version of the GNU C compiler for the 68hc11
      Author:  Free Software Foundation
               Ported to 68hc11 by Coactive Aesthetics, Inc.
      Location:  bode.ee.ualberta.ca : /pub/motorola/68hc11/gcc
                 cherupakha.media.mit.edu : /pub/miniboard/gcc

    A freeware version of the Hi-Tech C compiler is available for
    evaluation and tinkering.  This compiler produces crippled assembler
    output only and does not include libraries.  A method was developed
    and uploaded to make the compiler output usable.
      Program: Hi-Tech C
      Description:  demonstration version of the Hi-Tech C compiler
      Author:  Hi-Tech Software
               fixup stuff has no identification
      Location:  design.fen.qut.edu.au : /hitech
                 cherupakha.media.mit.edu :
                    /pub/miniboard/incoming/CheapSkateC - fixup stuff

    ImageCraft has just released version 1.0 of their compiler.  The
    price is just $40 for a near ANSI C compiler.  No feedback on this
    compiler yet, but it seems promising.  The pre-release versions are
    already in use by many of you, and will still be available as
    freeware.

    I have heard many good things about the Dunfield C compiler.  Their
    specialty seems to be the 8051, but they also have support for the
    68hc11 (no source code debugger however).  Although not freeware, the
    low price ($100 for the compiler) and the good reviews make this a
    package worth looking at.


3.5)  Plans for 68hc11-based boards

      Board: F1 controller system
      Description:  68hc11f1-based microcontroller
      Designer:  Peter Dunster <pdunster@cc.uow.edu.au>
      Location:  cherupakha.media.mit.edu : /pub/6811/F1-board

      Board: MIT 6.270 robotics board
      Description:  68hc11-based robotics microcontroller
      Designer:  Fred Martin and Randy Sargent of MIT
      Location:  cherupakha.media.mit.edu : /pub/6270

      Board: Mini Board
      Description:  small inexpensive 68hc11-based microcontroller system
                    for robotic applications
      Designer:  Offshoot of the MIT 6.270 project
      Location:  cherupakha.media.mit.edu : /pub/miniboard
      Suppliers:  Gregory Ratcliff (gratclif@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
                    1763 Hess Boulevard, Columbus, Ohio  43212
                    (614) 487-0694 (late evenings EST)
                  Mark Reeves (mdreeves@wart.nando.net)
                    1117 Braemar Court, Cary, NC  27511
                    BBS/voice (919)481-3170 (voice hours 5-7 PM EST)
                  MIT Epistemology and Learning
                    Epistemology and Learning Publications
                    MIT Media Laboratory
                    20 Ames Street E15-301
                    Cambridge MA  02139


3.6)  Commercially available products

    Many firms (large and small) offer a variety of 68hc11 programming
    languages, support packages, and development systems.  No endorsement
    is implied by inclusion in this list.  I have made an attempt to
    include as many companies as possible.  I apologize to those I left
    out;  It's only because I didn't know about you.  If you want to be
    included in this list, just drop me a line - please.  Any corrections
    appreciated.

    C compilers
        - Archimedes Software
        - Avocet Systems (repackaging of the Hi-Tech Software C compiler)
        - Dunfield Development Systems
             C cross compiler for MS-DOS
             low price:  $100
             good reputation and good support
             small subset of ANSI C
        - Hi-Tech Software
             $500 USD, $350 for students
             high compliance to ANSI C
             available for MS-DOS and soon for SUN
        - ImageCraft
             C cross compiler for MS-DOS and OS/2
             low price:  $39.95 - WOW!
             near ANSI-C
        - Intermetrics Microsystems Software, Inc.
             Whitesmith's compiler
             comes with assembler and C source level debugger
        - Introl Corporation

    Board level products
        - Coactive Aesthetics, Inc.
        - LDG Electronics
        - Motorola
        - New Micros, Inc.
        - Wheatstone MicroSystems, Inc.
        - Zorin

    Assemblers
        - 2500 A.D.
        - Archimedes Software
        - Dunfield Development Systems
        - Nohau Corporation
        - PseudoCorp
        - The Engineers Collaborative, Inc. (TECI)

    Forth
        - Forth, Inc.

    Simulators
        - 2500 A.D.
        - Avocet Systems
        - PseudoCorp

    Emulators
        - American Automation
        - MetaLink
        - MicroTek International, Inc.
        - Nohau Corporation
        - Orion Instruments
        - The Engineers Collaborative, Inc. (TECI)

    Real-time
        - Accelerated Technology, Inc.
             small, scalable, preemptive real-time kernel;  networking
             and file system add-ons available;  modular, using a
             nanokernel
        - Byte-BOS Integrated Systems
             small, prioritized, preemptive real-time kernel
        - Embedded System Products (formerly A.T. Barrett and Associates)
             ROMable embedded-system kernel: source provided.  Provides
             programming interface identical on all target platforms.
             Basic, advanced, and extended library packages available.
        - Intelligent Systems International Inc.
             prioritized, preemptive, real-time kernel;  highly
             distributed design;  offered by several DSP board vendors
             for their products
        - JMI Software Systems, Inc.
             small, prioritized, preemptive real-time kernel
        - U S Software
             multitasking executive


    2500 A.D.
    109 Brookdale Ave.
    Box 480
    Buena Vista, CO  81211
    (719)395-8683

    Accelerated Technology, Inc.
    P.O. Box 850245
    Mobile, Alabama  36685
    (205)661-5770
    (800)468-6853
    Fax:  (205)661-5788

    American Automation
    2651 Dow Avenue
    Tustin, CA  92680
    (714)731-1661

    Archimedes Software
    2159 Union St.
    San Francisco, ca  94123
    (415)567-4010

    Avocet Systems
    120 Union St.
    Rockport, ME  04856
    (800)448-8500
    (207)236-9055

    Byte-BOS Integrated Systems
    P.O. Box 3067
    Del Mar, CA 92014
    (800)788-7288
    (619)755-8836

    Coactive Aesthetics, Inc.
    P.O.Box 425967
    San Francisco, CA  94142
    (415)626-5152
    Fax: (415)626-6320
    Email: coactive@coactive.com

    Dunfield Development Systems
    PO Box 31044
    Nepean, Ontario  K2B 8S8
    Canada
    (613)256-5820
    Fax: (613)256-5821
        also
    Micro Amps Ltd
    66 Smithbrook Kilns
    Cranleigh, Surrey  UK
    GU6 BJJ
    Tel: 0483 268999
    Fax: 0483 268397

    EE Systems
    50935 Hill Dr.
    Elkhart, IN  46514
    (219)296-1754
    Fax: (219)522-4271

    Embedded System Products (formerly A.T. Barrett and Associates)
    11501 Chimney Rock
    Houston, TX  77035-2900
    (800)525-4302
    (713)728-9688
    Fax:  (713)728-1049

    Enertec, Inc.
    (215)362-0966

    The Engineers Collaborative, Inc. (TECI)
    RR #3, Box 8C
    Barton, VT  05822
    (800)336-8321
    (802)525-3458
    Fax:  (802)525-3451

    Forth, Inc.
    (800)55FORTH

    Hi-Tech Software
    PO Box 103
    Alderly QLD 4051
    Australia
    (+61-7) 300 5011
    Fax: (+61-7) 300 5246

    ImageCraft
    P.O. Box 64226
    Sunnyvale, CA 94086-9991

    Intelligent Systems International Inc.
    Lindestraat 9
    B-3210 Linden
    Begium
    +32 16 62 15 85
    Fax:  +32 16 62 15 84

    Intermetrics Microsystems Software, Inc.
    733 Concord Ave.
    Cambridge, MA  02138
    (617)661-0072
    Fax:  (617)868-2843

    Introl Corporation
    (414)327-7171
    Fax:  (414)327-7734
    Email:  info@introl.com

    JMI Software Systems, Inc.
    P.O. Box 481
    904 Sheble Lane
    Spring House, PA 19477
    (215)628-0840
    Fax:  (215)628-0353

    LDG Electronics
    1445 Parran Road
    St. Leonard, MD  20658
    (410)586-2177

    Lear Com Company
    2440 Kipling St. Suite 206
    Lakewood, CO  80215
    (303)232-2226
    Fax: (303)232-8721

    Logisoft
    (408)773-8465

    MetaLink Corporation
    325 E. Elliot Road
    Chandler, AZ  85255
    (800)638-2423
    (602)926-0797
    Fax:  (602)926-1198
        also
    MetaLink Europe GmbH
    Westring 2, 8011<85614>
    Kirchseeon-Eglharting
    (08091)2046
    Fax:  (08091)2386

    Microtek International, Inc.
    3300 N.W. 211th Terrace
    Hillsboro, OR  97124
    (503)645-7333
    Fax:  (503)629-8460
        also
    Microtek Electronics Europe GmbH
    Starnberger Strasse 22
    82131 Gauting bei Munchen
    +49(89)893139-30
    Fax:  +49(89)893139-50

    MPE: MicroProcessor Engineering Ltd.
    133 Hill Lane, Shirley
    Southampton SO1 5AF U.K.
    (+44) 703-631441 fax: (+44) 703-339691
    Email: <mpe@cix.compulink.co.uk>
    U.S. dealer is AMICS Enterprises. phone:  (716)461-9187
    Canadian dealer is Universal Cross-Assemblers phone:  (506)847-0681.

    New Micros, Inc.
    1601 Chalk Hill Road
    Dallas, Texas  75212
    (212)339-2204

    Nohau Corporation
    51 E. Campbell Ave.
    Campbell, CA  95008
    (408)866-1820
    (408)378-2912 (24 hr. information center)
    Fax:  (408)378-7869

    Orion Instruments
    180 Independence Drive
    Menlo Park, CA  94025
    (800)729-7700
    Fax:  (415)327-9881

    P&E Microcomputer Systems, Inc.
    (617)944-7585

    PseudoCorp
    716 Thimble Shoals Blvd.
    Newport News, VA  23606
    (804)873-1947
    Fax: (804)873-2154
    BBS: (804)873-4838

    U S Software
    (503)641-8446
    Fax:  (503)644-2413

    Wheatstone MicroSystems, Inc.
    105-14 Elm St., Suite 418
    Old Saybrook, CT  06475
    (203)669-0401

    Zorin
    PO Box 30547
    Seattle, WA 98103-0547
    (206) 282-5179
    Email:  zchris@eskimo.com


4)  68hc11 DOCUMENTATION


4.1) Periodicals

    Various magazines and journals (journals seems to be THE popular name
    for magazines these days) provide articles from time to time on the
    68hc11 line of microcontrollers:

    The Computer Applications Journal (Circuit Cellar Ink)
        - programming and construction articles
        - POB 7694, Riverton, NJ  08077-8784
        - Fax: (203)872-2204
        - Voice orders: (609) 786-0409
        - On-line orders (BBS): (203) 871-1988
        - Email orders: ken.davidson@circellar.com
        - $21.95, $31.95 surface Canada and Mexico,
          $49.95 air all other countries

    Computer Design
        - industry announcements and trends
        - One Technology Park Drive, P.O. Box 990, Westford, MA  01886
        - (508)692-0700

    The Computer Journal
        - programming and construction articles
        - PO Box 535, Lincoln  96648

    Dr. Dobbs Journal
        - programming articles, concepts, and designs
        - 411 Borel Ave., San Mateo, CA  94402
        - (415)358-9500

    Electronic Engineering Times
        - industry announcements and trends
        - 500-B Bi-County Boulevard, Farmingdale, NY  11735
        - (516)293-3000

    Electronics Now
        - construction articles
        - Box 55115, Boulder, CO  80321-5115
        - $19.97 one year

    Elektor Electronics
        - programming and construction articles
        - World Wide Subscription Service Ltd
          Unit 4, Gibbs Reed Farm, Pashley Road
          Ticehurst TN5 7HE, England
        - 27 UK pounds
     or
        - Old Colony Sound Lab, P.O. Box 243, Peterborough, NH 03458
        - Tel. (603) 924-6371, 924-6526
        - Fax: (603) 924-9467
        - $57 USA and Canada per year

    Embedded Systems Programming
        - programming and systems design articles
        - Miller Freeman Publications
        - 500 Howard St., San Francisco, CA  94105
        - (415) 397-1881

    Microcomputer Journal (formerly Computer Craft)
        - programming and constructions articles
        - 76 N. Broadway, Hicksville, NY  11801
        - $18.95 one year, foreign $23.00, foreign air mail $76.00

    Midnight Engineering
        - 1700 Washington Ave., Rocky Road, CO  81067
        - (719)254-4553


4.2)  Books

    The 68hc11 Microcontroller
        - Joseph D. Greenfield (at R.I.T.)
        - Saunders College Publishing, (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
        - 1992
        - ISBN 0-03-051588-2
        - A number of the sections make use of the Buffalo monitor.
          This could be useful if you are using the EVB.

    M68hc11 Reference Manual
        - Motorola - literature reference M68HC11RM/AD
        - This document is the "bible" of the 6811 and is a must-have
          for any serious 6811 programmer.  <description provided by
          Fred Martin>

    MC68hc811E2 Programming Reference Guide
        - Motorola - literature reference M68HC811E2RG
        - A pocket-sized guide to the version of the 6811 used on the
          Mini Board, ownership of this handy reference is proof of being
          a true 6811 nerd.  <description provided by Fred Martin>

    Microcontroller Technology, The 68hc11
        - Peter Spasov
        - Prentice Hall
        - ISBN 0-13-583568-2


5)  What's next.

    Making this FAQ *.answers compliant.  When this is done, it will also
    be posted to news.answers, comp.answers, and sci.answers and will
    also be archived.


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Copyright (c) 1994 by Russell Hersch, all rights reserved.

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Russ Hersch - sibit@datasrv.co.il


