[sdiy] Sound synthesis with microcontrollers

[Neil Johnson]

Paul,

> You can get 16bit micros (hitachi do some interesting looking ones) which
> I'm tempted to play with.

The H8's are quite nice, but I'd avoid the IAR compiler.  If you can hack
surface mount, go for the NEC V850---32-bit and about the same price as
the Hitachi's.  The V850 emulator is a pig, but it works.

Neil

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