I would say that Microchip is manipulating the market, as I can not see
weather 1million or 1.5million being produced would alter cost to the
manufacturer.

Is it that the 16F628 had a shorted design cycle (because most of the work
was done on the F84?) than the 16F84 ?? I do not know.

My biggest gripe is why their is no medium level suppliers around, I can go
local and buy 1-25 at a reasonable price, but the price sucks for say 100 -
500, and microchip will not touch me with A a decent order, or B a Credit
Card, which as a pensioner I can not get as I do not make much money, and
most of the stuff I build is for personal use, or supplying kits for courses
I was running as a volunteer teacher to "kids at risk"

Regards,

Kat.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent Brown" <brent.brown@CLEAR.NET.NZ>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [OT]: why are Atmels so cheap vs. PICs


> > > Currently in Hong Kong the PIC16F84A-04/P cost me $US1.92 in lots of
> > > several 100 while the Atmel AT89C2051-24PC costs me $US0.63 and
> > > AT90S1200-12PC are $US1.26.
> > >
> > > Consequently, in my current projects I am telling former PIC
> > > developers that I want an Atmel uC. If they cannot do it, sorry.
> > >
> > > Why are general PIC uC's so expensive?
> >
> > Try designing with the 16F627 in mind instead of the 16F84.
>
> I second that. I use the AT89C2051 and PIC16F84 in some projects
> and I like them both, but the PIC16F627 blows them away for
> hardware features, and as someone else pointed out recently, is
> around half the cost of the F84.
>
> Which raises another question: why are the PIC16F627 and
> PIC16F628 so much cheaper than the PIC16F84 which they can
> easily replace?
>
> Brent Brown
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