gnupic@linuxhacker.org

Jeff Jackowski said:
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 mengjin_su@agilent.com wrote:
>
>>Too much hassles with PIC MCUs.  I'm thinking to switch to
>>Atmel's AVRs.
>
> I just skimmed the docs on how to load programs onto one of the
> megaAVR's,  and it doesn't look any easier than a PIC. Did I miss
> something?

There is a fair amount of support for the AVRs on inexpensive
commercially-available programmers, and I get the impression that the
programming algorithms don't change as much from chip to chip. I don't
much about home-brew AVR programmers, though.

However, when compared to comparably-sized AVR chips, PICs are generally
more robust to less-than-ideal power rails, and in my experience, are less
prone to destructive latchup.

The choice of a microprocessor can easily start a flame-war, but you
definitely want to take a look at some of the AVR discussion sites to see
what you're getting yourself into.

-- 
Charles Lepple <clepple@ghz.cc>
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