On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Vitaliy wrote: > Wouter van Ooijen wrote: >> I have the same feeling towards 16-bit parts. At my school we use two >> CPUs: a 14-bit core PIC, and various ARMs (and of course PCs). > > FWIW, I love the 33F and the 24H. Probably the best part compared to the > high-end 18Fs, is not having to deal with the "rom" and "ram" qualifiers. > You get a lot of bang for the buck: 40 MIPs, 128K of ROM and 8K of RAM cost > only $3.50. If you switch to various ARM vendors, you will probably save some money. At 10K quantity, many Cortex M3 MCus are below US$2.50. Those with USB, CAN and Ethernet (beats any current PIC32) are more like around US$4 or less. Example: http://www.microchip.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=436777 > Even though we haven't had to migrate to a PIC32 yet, the path is very > straightforward. Right now my opinion is that PIC32 only makes sense for existing Microchip customers. For those who have invested in ARM based MCUs (ARM7 and Cortex M3), PIC32 is more expensive and less varieties and seldom people will switch from ARM MCUs to PIC32. But I understand that Microchip is also getting more and more aware of the problems and will probably come out more PIC32s (and PIC24s) at competitive features and pricing. -- Xiaofan http://mcuee.blogspot.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist