AVR-Chat

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Dave
McLaughlin<dave_mclaughlin@nerdshack.com> wrote:
> Talking of which, how can I get my friend and work client to switch to the
> AVR.. I told him all about them at the start but he ended up going down the
> PIC route and PicBasic Pro (even worse). Now we have a big issue trying to
> do CAN bus work on the PIC he is using because of the all that silly bank
> switching.
>

I think PICs with CAN will at least be a PIC18 and should not be
suffering from the bank switching. You can use Microchip's C18
compiler.

And the PIC24 is quite capable and C30 is based on GCC.
PIC32 is even more capable and C32 is based on GCC.

> I for one am glad I moved from the PIC years ago (over 12 now) as I had so
> much hassle with them. With the AVR and Codevision they are a dream to work
> with and my time to complete projects for clients is reduced considerably.
>
> Long live the AVR!!!

Probably. Atmel will probably survive even after years of losing money.

Anyway, IMHO maybe PIC and AVR will not matter too much
in the future (especially higher-pin count device) since Cortex M3
based MCU is now of quite low cost. A decent US$2 Cortex M3
based MCU will beat any PIC18/AVR of comparable features.
Cortex M0 will even be more cost competitive.


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