Paul,
> > Try a 16MHz MSP430. :-) The 21xx families are 16 bit and
> run at 16MHz.
>
> Hmm, not enough code space (8K is the biggest on their
> parametric table), they also only list them as 8MIPs.
8 MIPS max at 8MHz, 16 MIPS at 16MHz. For sure there will be, for
instance, a 249 device as an upgrade to the 149, with 64K of code.
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Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd http://www.rowley.co.uk
CrossWorks for MSP430, ARM, and (soon) Atmel AVR processors