Hi Guys, I have been listening to people running down Freescale for a long time and = I just can not see it like you do. -In terms of products they are just brilliant, I love their uC. -In terms of tools they are offering Codewarrior with 32K limit for C but n= o -limit for assembler. This is a very powerful tool... -There are free programmers and debuggers available on there own datasheets= or in forums. -The evaluation tools are cheap; I got two boards for =A370, and as a bonus= it would be very easy to modify them to program another uC on the range. -Samples are available to everybody. -their customer support is very good. I had a problem with the clock on the= first micro I used (My own fault) I email them to ask how to solve it, the= guy on the other side understood differently what I wrote, and in the face= of it gave me the wrong advice. I went ballistic when I found out, and whe= n they send me the customer satisfaction survey I just let it rip. Three ho= urs later I received an email from the engineer that gave me the advice apo= logizing for the error. This was not a corporate apology, with a lot of bul= lshit, this was a personal apology. Thinking about it now I did not express= the problem properly and I took him in the wrong direction hence the wrong= advice. Later I had problems with the programmer I built (my fault again) = and they were great. - I can not comment two much on parts availability as I do not do mass prod= uction, mostly my boards are prototypes and 10's of, but I never had proble= ms. I heard they had problems with their XGate parts, damaged silicon at pr= oduction... I have to confess that since I got into Freescale I have not used PIC that = much, as I can always find in MY OPINION, a better solution on the HC8 or H= C12 family range. I have to stress this is my opinion and have to admit I h= ave put much more effort into learning how to use Codewarrior and HC8 and H= CS12, so for me it's easier to look at a problem and go strait to them. Oth= er people will have other requirements so as we say in the UK, its horses f= or courses. I did heard about the horror stories of the past, and the only thing I can = say is that Freescale seems to have learned a bit with them, I also think t= hey have a new philosophy(they seem to be going for Microchip :)), and this= is great for us, as they will bend backwards to get more market share. And no, I do not work for Freescale or any of company of the group and I ha= ve no shares on Metrowerks :) Best regards Luis p.s- please be gentle with me... :) = = = = -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of= Philip Pemberton Sent: 26 June 2006 12:44 To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [OT] 6-pin MCU costs just 43 cents Bob Axtell wrote: > G=F6khan SEVER wrote: >> *Freescale Semiconductor* >> *Austin, TX* >> *Technical Help Line 800-521-6274* >> *http://www.freescale.com >> >> Source:* >> http://www.electronicproducts.com/ShowPage.asp?SECTION=3D3700&PRIMID=3D&= FileName=3Dxhljh03.aug2006.html >> ** >> = > Austin, TX? > = > That sure looks like Motorola, to me... > = > No, thanks. That's because it is Motorola, or at least used to be. Motorola spun off th= eir = semiconductor division as two companies - ON Semiconductor (logic, linear a= nd = power devices) and Freescale Semiconductor (microcontrollers and microproce= ssors). -- = Phil. | Kitsune: Acorn RiscPC SA202 64M+6G ViewFind= er philpem@dsl.pipex.com | Cheetah: Athlon64 3200+ A8VDeluxeV2 512M+10= 0G http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | Tiger: Toshiba SatPro4600 Celeron700 256M+4= 0G -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist