The distributor, Insight (http://www.ikn.com) has had these for me in the past; Try http://www.findchips.com/ for searching for most any IC, it's a nice search engine. Mark Adam Bryant wrote: > > 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 > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. -- I re-ship for small US & overseas businesses, world-wide. (For private individuals at cost; ask.)