On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:38:56 +0200, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Has anyone ever considered moving from PIC to Atmel AVR's ? If so, what
>are good reasons to move ?
>
>I am thinking that there's a few advantages in the development tools
>available, but then I am making an uninformed statement... Anyone else
>willing to shed an enlightended opinion?
>
>Regards,
>Andre Thomas

I use both, but mostly PICs - each has its strengths and weaknesses, =
niceties and annoyances, most
of which have been documented at length here.....

The ATMega and ATTiny devices are nice, but leadtimes are looking bad, =
again. Atmel haven't learned
from getting burned because of leadtimes a few years ago, and many people=
 stick to PICs because they
have pretty much always been available in production quantities, because =
Microchip understand how
important this is.   Just go to www.findchips.com and enter a few Atmel =
part numbers, then some PIC
ones to see what I mean....
=46or an awful lot of applications, you could use either, and issues like=
 availability and pricing are
the most important parameters. Microchip have shipped over 3 billion PICs=
 - I think that says it
all....

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