On Jan 26, 2010, at 3:24 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..
That's good stuff! The AVR architecture looks wonderful from the
docs, though I've never programmed it myself.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL