On Jan 15, 2006, at 9:37 PM, kravnus wolf wrote: > In that case(1) I won't use Atmel. >>> >> AVR is banned because of two problems: >> 1) parts obsolet too fast. >> The parts that were obsoleted were replace with chips with very similar characteristics. Sort as if microchip has gotten rid of the 16F84 when they announced the 16F628, instead of keeping all the old chips around to order forever. Annoying, especially if you're manufacturing-oriented, but not as bad as trying to replace an iAPX432... :-) BillW -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist