> On 2/8/07, Harold Hallikainen <harold@hallikainen.org> wrote:
>>
>> > On 2/8/07, David VanHorn <dvanhorn@microbrix.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> > We're moving to Atmel processors
>>
>> I'm not familiar with Atmel processors. Why are you moving to them?
>
> Price, performance, features, the EE likes them
>
> Downside:  They tend to obsolete processors regularly.
>
> Upside:  Upwards compatible processors when they do go obsolete.
>
> Bill

Thanks! I'm generally able to do what I want with a PIC, though I could
sometimes use more MIPS (the project in front of me is running 40MIPS) and
more UARTs.

Harold

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