> The OP stated that they switched to AVRs for new designs. AVRs have a
> moderately bad reputation for being phased our reqlatively soon
> (compared to for instance PICs). Hence I joked that his employer
> probably did not want to sell his products longer than a few years.
>


I've had LOTS of PICs go obsolete on me. Fortunately, Microchip provides
an upgrade path where I can drop in the new chip with no hardware or
software changes. It's interesting that as Microchip adds featurs (maybe
changing a timer from 8 bit to 16 bit), the default mode is the old one so
you don't have to make any software changes. Just yesterday we were
looking at moving from the 18F6720 to the 18F6722. I think the product has
been in production for a year or two. During design, it was real difficult
to get samples of the 18F6720, as it was real new. Now it's being phased
out. I'm REALLY GLAD Microchip provides an upgrade path!!!

Harold

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