Re: pic -> avr?

Chen Xiao Fan wrote:
> If you want to use AVR for production, please do not switch.
> Atmel is one of the worst company to work with if your
> annual quantity is not in millions.
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Thanks a million, Xiaofan, for you candid comments.

The above, alone, has put me off switching to AVR.

One experience I do /not/ need is to have a product gearing up for sales
in the thousands, only to suffer mcu supply problems, or be told at
unpredictable times that I have to re-tool and re-code.

PICs aren't the most brilliant chips, but the 18F has atoned for many of
the sins of the 16F and samples are abundant. Also, I've got a gutsy
home-grown toolchain for it now.

Thanks again. Seems I'll be staying with 18F devices for a while yet.

Cheers
David

> 
> Regards,
> Xiaofan
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David McNab" <[email protected]>
> Newsgroups: gmane.comp.hardware.microcontrollers.gnupic
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 9:34 AM
> Subject: pic -> avr?
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> 
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I'm interested in hearing from people who use (or have used) both PIC
>>and AVR devices.
>>
>>Particularly, 18Fxxx PICs versus ATMega32, since they have some
>>similarities such as 32k program memory and 40-pin DIP availability.
>>
>>I've only been using PIC, and have got pretty comfortable with a range
>>of PIC devices - programming them, using them in hardware, and writing
>>software for them etc.
>>
>>However, some people have been urging me to switch to AVR devices
>>instead, arguing that the AVR architecture and instruction set are way
>>superior.
>>
>>Is AVR really worth the switch, given that I'll need to:
>>- build a new programmer board
>>- build test project boards
>>- get used to new toolchains and instruction set?
>>
>>What are the practical pros and cons of AVR versus PIC?
>>
>>-- 
>>Cheers
>>David
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