Justin Grimm wrote:
>
> Hi Piclisters
> Im thinking of migrating towards a 16 bit microcontroller, possibly
> with a uart, a/d etc. Does anyone know of any good contenders?
> Thanks
> Justin

16 bit uPro's are not really worth the effort. The cost difference
between the 16 bit and the 32 bit is too small to use a 16 bit.
If you just need more memory and so on, the higher end 8 bit micros might
be better (NEC, ATMEL etc) and much cheaper. Another point to considder,
is that dev. kits for 8 bit micro's are much cheaper than that of 16 and
32 bit.  If I had to buy a brand spanking new kit, I'd go for the NEC 780034.
32k Flash, 1k RAM, UARTS, A/D's blah blah blah. It is real cheap too.
Even cheaper than the comparable ATMELs.

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