I don't know what quantity you are talking about but that would be a
major factor.  Sometimes Motorolla parts are in short supply unless
maybe you are on allocation.  At least that is the way it used to be for
smaller quantities.  That is one reason we switched from 68HC11 to PIC
years ago and never looked back.

Regards,
David Koski

pic list wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I need some recommendation on the type of PIC that i
> could use. Please read on.
> I have wrote some assembly for 68HC11 and studied
> on the architecture of Motorolla 68K. I find both of
> them complicated, which is why i choose pic16F84 to
> use in my final year project. and i never regreted my
> decision.
>
> Now i am in the new job and the previous engineer in
> my
> company uses Motorolla uC(and he is very good at it).
> I need to  justify my choice of microcontroller by
> showing -
> 1. i can produce a solution in a similar or shorter
> time
> 2. i don't need expensive programmer and emulator
> 3. the uC/uP are cheaper than Mot. for a comparable
> speed, memory and function ( like A/D convt. )
>
> i don't mind building my own programmer or even
> emulator if these info are available freely. Do any
> PICListers think this is possible? or maybe possible
> up to a certain extent?
>
> Obviously i need a faster uC ( > 20MHz ), larger
> memory, and more i/o pins. i would want to use this uC
> in most of my solution except when the solution needed
> me to have built  in modules like the Ethernet module
> ( Motorolla Coldfire ).
>
> I hope everyone would give me their evaluation, the
> final recommendation may not necessary be pic. Maybe i
> should stick to Motorolla, or Scenix ? What constitute
> a good engineer? Expert on many types of uC OR Master
> of one or two type of uC? Thanks for any advice given.
>
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