hi
i am thinking about a tiny board with a so called "zero ram NVram, Nonvolatile SRAM" onboard: something like 32Kbyte/8bit ram to store basic scripts.
I have a 3.3V system so i'd prefer a 3.3V SRAM
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32K DS1230W 3.3V 256K Nonvolatile SRAM
128K DS1245W 3.3V 1024K Nonvolatile SRAM
256K DS1249W 3.3V 2048K Nonvolatile SRAM
512K DS1250W 3.3V 4096K Nonvolatile SRAM
1M DS1265W 3.3V 8M Nonvolatile SRAM
2M DS1270W 3.3V 16M Nonvolatile SRAM
What do you think about NvRam ? Do i'd better use FeRam ?
For example 32K MB85R256F, or 128Kbyte FeRam in package tsop from Ramtron International Corp.
also, is there any free samples pick up ? I am a student, i tried to use my university email account but there was no way: it appears to me that Maxim has stopped samples for hobby due the fact the sample program has been abused by people, ordering samples, then selling them off on eBay or forums.
Personally, I don't think the sample program should be for "hobbyists.", I think if you want a part? go buy the part! I have bough the 90% of the components of my SBC project (6809 SoC on Xilinx FPGA), i miss only the NvRam chip which is incredibly expensive and very difficult to be find for me.