AVR-Chat

On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 22:03 -0800, Reid Smith wrote:
>   The Pic chip requires a 4 mhz crystal in order for
> it to function. I'm building a serial lcd driver and
> want the cheapest chip I can find. It requires in
> order for it to work correctly 6 out and 2 in with error
> checking so any 18-20 pin should work fine. 

   AS may be.  Many of the AVR chips will run at 8 Mhz (which would be
the equivalentof a 32 Mhz PIC) without a crystal, they cost less, and
there are a number os AVRs specifically designed to drive LCD displays
(some offer as many as 100 segments of drive).

Tom

(yes, I am biased.  My "nick" on IRC these days is avrFreak (yes,
borrowed from the web site of the same name))

Tom