I have recently been doing some investigation of the ATMEL AT90S1200
microprocessor and have decided to add it to my arsenal.  (I'll still use
PIC's for most stuff!).  Is there a PIClist equivalent for the AVR
processors?  How about free/shareware C compilers?  Sources? Jameco?
Digikey?

If you haven't looked at the AVR processors, you should.  Some of the
features that intruiged me:

- ICSP without a 12V power source.
- Serial programming via a simple parallel port hookup. (No complicated
programmer hardware, although you do need a parallel programmer and a 12V
supply if you want to change certain configuration bits).
- An instruction set that includes single cycle register to register
instructions.

Like any set of tools I can see places where the AVR would be the right
tool to use and places where the PIC is the correct choice.  It doesn't
hurt to know what options are out there.

Adam Bryant (age 0x23)
adamdb@juno.com
Parker, CO, USA
Robotics, RC Airplanes, anything using a PIC

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