On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Wouter van Ooijen wrote: >> Atmel AVRs are cheaper >> and often has better spec than quite some PIC16/18. > > I tell my students that uChip (12/14 bit cores) are a lousy > architecture, but the reliability of uChip as supplier makes the > difference. If the supply of AVRs gets as reliable as the PICs were, > which should I teach next year :) Maybe when the bid goes through, AVR will have a reliable supply base from Microchip. ;-) Regards, Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist