This is interesting: http://www.google.com/trends?q=microchip+pic%2C+msp430%2C+h8%2C+ez80+%2C+atm el+avr&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2007&sort=0 The Atmel AVR seems to be the only one that is gaining interest. If you change it to look at all years, you can see this is a long term trend. All search volume is dropping in this area. Are there others that we should look at? What is the current "hot" uC in terms of what the common man is interested in learning about? --- James. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist