| mfgr | Atmel |
Zilog |
Hitachi |
MicroChip Technologies |
Scenix (End Of Life) |
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| series | AT89S | AT90S | Z8/Z8Plus | H8/300L | all | 16F87x | SX | ||||
| arch | ISP 8051 clones | AVR RISC | Z80 | H8 | PIC | 50-100 MIPS ISP PIC clone | |||||
| Cost | uController | $2 - $20
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$2 - $35 (1) | ~$20.00 (1) | $2.00 - $10.00 (1) | $5.00-$10.00(1) | ~$6.00 | |||
| Programmer | $5.00 (in parts) for PC Parallel Port programming cable / free software. | (in ATICE200 below) or use Arduino bootloader | (in ICE) | ~$100.00 DevKit w/Prog, Asm, IDE, ICE (1) FLASH support extra for other H8/300 series. | $10-$100 large selection | $199 (1) $99 with MChip seminar ICD PC prog / debug adapter, IDE, true ICE (emulation circuitry built into the production chips) | $50 SXBlitz | $199 (1) SXKey PC serial port prog / debug adapter, IDE, true ICE (emulation circuitry built into the production chips) | |||
| Compiler | Many free 8051 compilers, etc. available. | many free / low cost | free ASM (in ICE) | many free / low cost | many free / low cost | ||||||
| IDE | free | free IDE^ or Arduino | free (in ICE) | free MPLAB | ? | ||||||
| ICE | N/A | $200 (1, 2, 3, 4) ATICE200 | $99 (1) | $$$$ | N/A | ||||||
| Simulator | SIM | ||||||||||
| Total Cost | $10.00 | $20 to ~$210 | ~$110 | ~$120 | ~$50 | ~$157 | $56 | $206 | |||
| Evaluation Resources | mailing list | mailing list | mailing list | ||||||||
| Upside | Dead cheap! Lots of resources. | Powerfull uP, Lots of resources | Low cost in production (chip price), lots of app notes / sample code. | large selection, many special features, low cost in production and developement, lots of app notes / sample code. | True ICE, lots of io (a2d, uart, pwm, timers) | Screaming FAST, Virtualize external hardware in code to reduce total production costs, SX48/52 have 40 io pins., | True ICE, Screaming FAST, Virtualize external hardware in code to reduce total production costs, SX48/52 have 40 io pins. | ||||
| Downside | NO ICE, 4 uP's, single source, 2 MIPS | Cost for ICE, 4 to 8 MIPS, single source? | low cost versions are very low power (512b program 32b ram), 1 to 2 MIPS, single source? | 4 MIPS | May not have ICE, 2 to 10 MIPS | limited to 4 uC's | NO ICE, few uP's, single source | few uP's, single source | |||
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