Hello all,

I'm starting a new project which requires a small embedded micro. At the
moment I am thinking of using the PIC or the Amtel AVR.

Does anybody have any opinions on which is the best generally ?

My initial impression is :

The PIC has excellent support and is popular but has a idiosyncratic
architecture?

The AVR is not so widely used but is generally faster (1 instruction per
clock at 16MHz) and is slightly more conventional in it's architecture
(although also Harvard).

These are just initial impressions, anybody care to comment ? Anybody
used both ?


TIA

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