Does Microchip purposefully cater to hobbyists? I don't understand that sample policy all that well... They must lose a lot of money to manufacturing and shipping so many samples to hobbyists. When probably 1 in 1000 hobbyists ever build something that is produced in mass quantity - enough to make Microchip any money. -----Original Message----- From: Shawn Wilton [mailto:shawn@BLACK9.NET] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:31 PM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [PIC/AVR] PIC vs AVR (ATMEL) Honestly, they're all vastly different. They're all RISC, but that's about where the comparison stops. Atmel has the best architecture, but pic has been around long enough that tools/sw and the chips themselves are cheap and easy to come by. Richard Zinn wrote: >I've been wondering the same thing. Except, I'd also ask about the Zilog >chips? Like the eZ80? How do the Atmel, Microchip, and Zilog chips >compare? > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mark Jordan [mailto:mark@CPOVO.NET] >Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:06 AM >To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >Subject: Re: [PIC/AVR] PIC vs AVR (ATMEL) > > > Hi Andre, > > I did that move some years ago. Never regretted. > I can tell you my reasons, but they couldn't be very >significant to you: > > 1. More speed, almost 1 MIPS/MHz. > 2. No memory bank switching. > 3. Not only one accumulator but lots of them to work with. > 4. Very resourceful assembly language. > 5. Multiply instructions (8x8) in TWO clock cycles! > > Last week I had to do a rework on an old PIC design. > Boy, I missed the AVR that week! > > Mark Jordan > >On 15 Apr 2004 at 18:38, Andre Thomas 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 >> >>-- >>http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList >>mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu >> >> > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList >mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList >mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu