Agreed. They have changed a lot and they even come out
cheap tools similar to ICD2. Still the current consumption
issue can not be helped. In terms of "non-availability", 
I think nobody can beat Atmel. :) Therefore I still
suggest them to use PIC which has the best long term 
availability in a reasonable price. Still Microchip
does not have the best volume pricing now. :(

Regards,
Xiaofan

-----Original Message-----
From: Luis.Moreira@jet.uk [mailto:Luis.Moreira@jet.uk]
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 5:01 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: RE: [EE] Alternative small MCUs to AVR and PIC


Hi Mike,
I never used the Motorola uControllers for volume production as that is
not the nature of my business, so I can not comment on availability.
What I can say is that Freescale as changed a lot recently, offering
tools samples and support that they never offered before. About two
years ago I started using Freescale's uControllers and they are very
powerful, peripheral rich and very nice to work with, I rarely use PICs
now days.  Maybe they have changed...
Best regards
		Luis 

Luis Moreira
luis.moreira@jet.uk
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