On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 13:43:45 -0600, you wrote: >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. Microchip have always understood that today's hobbyist can be tomorrow's = designer of high-volume products. They also understand that a lot of low-volume users can be = better than one high volume one. They were the first to cater to lower-volume users by offering OTP = parts at much better prices than any of the competition. Their position today shows that they were = right. >-----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