IMHO the learning curve to move between PIC and AVR is just a tiny=20
little hill. At least if you code in some high level language like C.=20
Its a litter higher (the hill...) if you code in asm but no bigger=20
problem. The winavr development suite is free and very good. and all=20
tools are also available on Linux.

I work on both all the time and select from both families before=20
starting a new project. A younger guy then me with a brain further away=20
from death would probably equally well handle MSP and Freescale at the=20
same time. This is however to much to me....


/Ake


Roy J. Gromlich wrote:

>Agreed - I have become rather used to the PIC, and have a lot
>of hardware and time invested in working with it, so climbing=20
>the learning curve on the AVRs hasn't  been really worth it to=20
>me -- so far.  I suppose that could change is there were to be
>a "killer app" that would only work on AVRs.
>
>Roy J. Gromlich
>
>-----------Dave VanHorn said ----------------
>
>VBG  I would tend to agree.
>No "holes", no "pages".
>Also, 16 "W" register equivalents, and 16 more near equivalents, makes f=
or=20
>faster code.
>Many things can be kept in the registers and modified directly, instead =
of=20
>load from SRAM, modify, and store.
>
>They've always had vectored interrupts as well.
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