Old news: Micorchip buys Atmel (link at [1]) Its been almost 6 months, no apparent changes yet. The question is, what will they do with the myriad of conflicting product lines? While it is nice to be have the existing customer and sales base, I doubt that they will resist the temptation to "streamline" Atmel and its product offerings forever. [1] http://www.microchip.com/announcements/microchip-technology-inc-acquires-at= mel --=20 Jason White --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .