Op 10-Aug-15 om 2:22 AM schreef Sean Breheny:
> I still use PICs for hobby use - although I don't know how much longer, b=
ut
> I do not think I would choose them again for a professional design. The
> last time I chose one for work was around 2012.
>
> I think that the most promising general-purpose hobby micros now are
> probably either MSP430s and their ilk as well as ARM-cored micros from
> several vendors like NXP.
>
>
I started with Microchip 16C84 when it was the only kid in town. No=20
cheap programmer? Designed my own. No good (free!) compiler available?=20
Let's write one!

I did classes on Microchip assembler (and later C too) with my own=20
sort-of development board, which went through a few iterations.

But since those way-back-then days cheap ARM chips became available, and=20
I teach C++, so I have switched to ARM/Cortex and GCC. Things could have=20
been different if Microchip had provided a decent and free C++ support=20
when the MX32 wass introduced.

Of course I still lurk the PIClist. For direct EE questions which have=20
an objective answer, I now prefer StackEchange/ElectricalEngineering.=20
Some of the old-days piclisters hang out there too. But for more=20
discussion-oriented questions the piclist still seems to be a good place.

Wouter van Ooijen
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