On Jun 24, 2004, at 7:14 AM, David VanHorn wrote:

> Then the AVR would fit that bill entirely, give you vectored
> interrupts, no "holes" in your ram, no pages, the equivalent of 32 "W"
> registers...

The AVRs are nice, but those 32 registers aren't nearly as "general
purpose" as Atmel would have you believe.  They are a bit nicer than
PICs, but they're also a bit more expensive and harder to find, and
their "pin compatible ranges of parts" are not nearly so broad as
the PICs.  And they appear far less often at bargin prices on eBay.
(and for some reason, there don't seem to be nearly as many cheap build
it yourself programmers for the AVRs, although I can't see any reason
why there shouldn't be...)

BillW

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