On 1/26/2010 2:24 PM, Gene Buckle wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jan 2010, Dave McGuire wrote:
On Jan 26, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Gene Buckle wrote:
market,
but there are many 8051s in there too.
They are *everywhere*. I was flabbergasted when I learned just how
ubiquitous they area.
Why is it so popular?
It has been second-sourced by just about every chip manufacturer in
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Thanks for the explaination Dave. I'm just getting into
microcontrollers right now - I'm working with Atmel ATMega devices. I
like the toolchain and I can leverage all the work done with the
Arduino software stack..
g.
In 2004, after being out of embedded programming for a decade (6502 to
68HC11), I decided to get back into it. After researching a number of
architectures, I chose the AVR. I have never been happier. I will
admit Microchip did a better job of marketing their parts in the past,
but the Arduino has raised the visibility of the AVR, and there are many
more variants of the AVR now. I think PIC still has more lower cost
options, if a mass produced item is your goal.
Feel free to ask any AVR questions off-list. They make a nice platform
for retro peripherals (CBM ones, here)
Jim
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