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The Intel 80386EX (386EX) is a variant of the Intel 386 microprocessor designed for embedded systems. Introduced in August 1994 and was successful in the market being used aboard several orbiting satellites and microsatellites.
[edit] Characteristics
- Introduced August 1994
- Variant of 80386SX intended for embedded systems
- Static core, i.e. may run as slowly (and thus, power efficiently) as desired, down to full halt
- On-chip peripherals:
- clock and power mgmt
- timers/counters
- watchdog timer
- serial I/O units (sync and async) and parallel I/O
- DMA
- RAM refresh
- JTAG test logic
- Significantly more successful than the 80376
- Used aboard several orbiting satellites and microsatellites
- Used in NASA's FlightLinux project
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