AVR-Chat

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tim gilbert" <tim@jeminnovation.com>
To: <AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 3:44 AM
Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] Re: PIC's s*ck!!


> Basically, the only reason to use a PIC is because "we've always done it 
> that way".  I've heard that the PIC was actually designed by another 
> company in the late '70s; they thought it was dead; sold it to Microchip 
> who launched a marketing blitz for it.  Back when our only other options 
> were the M6800,  8080 etc, it was an attractive processor for small 
> projects.  However, it's been left in the dust by Atmel and TI.

Microchip is number one in 8-bit MCUs because it gives customers what they 
want, support is excellent , and they provide good, low-cost tools. They 
also make a very nice range of 16-bit devices (the dsPICs and PIC24) with a 
better architecture than the AVR, much more performance and a lower price. I 
use both AVRs and PICs, but I find that I can usually find a PIC to do an 
equivalent job to an AVR at a lower price.

Leon