C compiler price? Low cost programmer? In-field reprogrammable instead of bootloading? ARM's 20 pins JTAG for programming seems too much for a MCU. The PIC's 5 pin ICSP is nice. Which one is the better compare with PICs on price/performance? Funny N. Au Group Electronics, http://www.AuElectronics.com http://www.AuElectronics.com/products http://augroups.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: Xiaofan Chen To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Sent: Mon, March 1, 2010 8:37:13 PM Subject: [EE] Low cost 32bit MCU, how low is low http://www.microchip.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=481688 NXP is now selling 32bit MCU at really low cost, especially the Cortex M0. The lower end Cortex M3 compete well with high end 8-bit MCUs. Now the Cortex M0 parts seem to beat PIC18 handsomely with price and features. Even the price at qty of 1 is really low compared to PIC18F. http://www.mouser.com/Semiconductors/Microcontrollers-Microprocessors/Microcontrollers-MCU/_/N-6hpeg?Keyword=lpc11&FS=True&Ns=Pricing|0 http://www.mouser.com/Semiconductors/Microcontrollers-Microprocessors/Microcontrollers-MCU/_/N-6hpeg?Keyword=pic18F&FS=True&Ns=Pricing|0 -- 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 -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist