AVR-Chat

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Mitchell
> 
> I am a long-time AVR user who has moved mostly to the NXP ARM chips, using
> Crossworks (LPC2xxx and LPC1xxx). I second Leon's opinion of Crossworks, it is
> a very efficient programming environment with excellent support. Going from
> AVR Studio (or worse, PIC MPLAB) to Crossworks is like climbing into a lovely
> warm bath... ahhhh.....
> ....

I looked at Crossworks but, since I have one product I'll be selling (small hobby
market) it kicks me from Hobby (reasonable price) to Commercial ($1,500) which I
can't justify.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philippe Habib
> 
> It seems to me that if you've got all the power you need, you're
> nowhere close to running out of flash and you own and know all of the
> tools you need to work, you don't have the kind of volume that would
> pay back the investment in a lower cost or otherwise better solution,
> why change processors and start all over?

As I mentioned, I am not necessarily looking to change but I had heard ARM mentioned
a lot so I figured I should at least take a look at it to see if it was a better fit
for me.  So far, I haven't seen anything that would make me want to switch from AVR
at this time.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: evgenii sorokin
> 
> Holy wars were always useless :). Like this one.

This is nothing, I have unsubscribed from lists because they have gone off into
great length on the Windows .vs. (flavor)NIX wars.  Some people just can't live with
"different strokes for different folks" --- Now, I don't want this to start ANY
discussion of this here!

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Well, I've heard advantages and disadvantages for both AVR and ARM.  I think AVR
will do nicely for my current needs ... but I'll be keeping my ears open :-)

Thanks to all for the discussion ...

Cheers,

Chuck Hackett
"Good judgment comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgment"
7.5" gauge Union Pacific Northern (4-8-4) 844 http://www.whitetrout.net/Chuck