At 03:04 PM 9/29/2005 +0100, you wrote:


>The 8051 architecture is still one of the most popular 8 bit 
>microcontroller cores.  I spoke to an Atmal rep a few weeks ago who said 
>that their sales of 8051 micros far outstrip their AVR's.

They are extremely popular in Asia, IME. It's totally priced-driven.

Even at Digikey (hint: not the cheapest source in the world) you can get
a 40-pin Atmel micro (8K bytes flash) for $1.33 in 100's.

Best regards,

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