26 Oct
2011
26 Oct
'11
9:41 a.m.
On Oct 26, 2011, at 12:20 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Operating system? Well, there are OSes that fit
inside a low-end
PIC. For that matter, there's a version of Linux that runs on a
PIC32 ?C.
To be fair, a "PIC32" is just what Microchip has decided to call its MIPS
microcontroller line. It's as much a PIC as an SGI box is (aside from the form factor
and reduced RAM; most PIC32s have as many Ethernet interfaces and many times more serial
ports than most SGI machines ever did, even if they require external PHYs to talk to the
outside world).
Not relevant to the discussion, but it hurts my brain a little when I see people talk
about PIC32s as somehow related to PICs. They're great micros, but I wish Microchip
had called them something else. :-)
- Dave