AVR-Chat

I'll top post here because I'm not responding to anything in particular.
 Some office mates and I were talking about Microchip vs. Atmel, NXP,
ST, etc. and came to the conclusion that even though the PIC isn't the
fastest, or the lowest powered micro they have prospered because they
are utterly reliable and can be counted on.  Microchip has never
obsoleted a part and stopped making it.  You can count on your chip
being there, always.  None of the other micro manufacturers can say
that.

IMO,
DLC

> 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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