One area I vastly prefer PICs to AVRs is availability - Atmel parts seem to disappear from the market just as you need them, with lead times measured in months, not days. I've been trying to get a few ATMEGA644P-20PUs for a couple months now with no joy as yet - DigiKey's estimated ship date just got pushed back to the end of March from the end of February. Microchip seems to have a better handle on their supply chain. The earlier mentioned problems with Atmel discontinuing parts quickly is also a motivator - Atmel seems to want to keep the offerings available to a minimum, whereas Microchip will sell a chip seemingly for as long as anyone's willing to buy them. Very good if you don't want to be re-qualifying a product every time the manufacturer decides to upgrade. I'm also falling in love with Peripheral Pin Select on the PIC24Fs. UART, SPI, timer capture / compare can be routed to most any pin on the device, VASTLY simplifying the board layout. That the 28-pin device I'm using (PIC24FJ64GA002) has 2 I2C ports, 2 SPI Ports, 2 UARTs, 5 16-bit PWMs, a built-in Real-Time Clock and Calendar, and a 500 ksps ADC is very impressive for a device that small, I think. So that's where I stand - I think both brands have their strengths and weaknesses overall, but there are a few things I like better about PICs. I'll generally use whichever I feel is most appropriate for the application at hand. -Randy On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Yan Falken wrote: > Hi - what are the reasons to use AVR instead of PIC and vice versa and > for which scenario would you use PIC and AVR? :) I'm a beginner and I'm still > not sure about these things. > > Thanks > > YF > -- > 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