This is presented entirely in the interest of HUMOR
(albeit a little late for 01April2005)


You could try using a CPLD solution. I drew out a schematic of such a solution using the Xilinx CPLD design tool. I setup the project to auto-target the design into an XC9500 series part.

You may see the schematic at this link as a PDF file. For simplicity and general purpose use I placed the byte that is to be reversed as 8-input pins to the part. Likewise the resultant output bits of the reversed byte pattern are available as 8-output pins.

Interestingly enough, when the Xilinx tool set was used to process the logic of the schematic, it arrived at the following minimization:



For anyone interested in using this design it is available in complete project source form in a ZIP file from the following link:

Flipper Design Files

Have Fun
Michael Karas