> > > Now does anyone know something usefull that can be done with an AVR? I
> > > mean - if it were usefull it would be done with a PIC - right?

> > lol Wouter, give the AVR a chance!
> > Quest your genius by doing something useful with the AVR ;-)

>         Are they still giving out the starter kits? TTYL

They claim that Atmel will be sending out some more "soon", but I
registered before the "Out to lunch, back soon" message appeared.

To me, besmirching one processor in favor of another seems silly.
That's like saying "Why would you use a wrench when a hammer
is clearly better?"  In other words, they are two different tools,
and while the differences in applications between PIC and AVR
are narrower than the differences in applications between hammers
and wrenches, sometimes (no doubt) one is preferable.

That said, I've only barely just looked at the AVR, and I do like the
fixed instruction time of the PIC a heck of a lot, but hey, I'll give
them a shot.

I don't know that you have to come up with an application that can
*only* use the AVR, just one that uses it well.  I suspect that almost
any microcontroller based project can be done with several different
processors, and I'd bet that more than one would fit very well.

Mike H.

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