If you really want to know the power of AVR, it's the availability of
free C compilers, and the stack.  Instead of having a hardware based
stack, with a preset depth, you're limited only by your memory
availability.  These chips are extremely nice to program in.  ASM, or C.


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Herbert Graf wrote:
>>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?
>
>
>         I just received an AVR starter kit and have now looked over the AVR
> architecture. I've found that in many ways it's similar to PICs. I can't
> really see a direct reason for choosing one over the other so far, the AVR
> is a little nicer to deal with when it comes to banks, but it's got some
> annoyances too. TTYL
>
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