Re: microcontroller programming -- how to begin

In article <GO%dg.86923$Jk3.78060@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
mc <look@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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I think the 8051 would be a better place to start. Real men code in
assembly so the fact that C doesn't port very well should never become an
issue.

Hmmm, at first sight AVR didn't particularly look like 8051 to me. Can Nico
elaborate?

They look quite alike:

They are both little chips with a bunch of legs around the outside.

On chip stuff is controlled by writes into a special section of the
address space.

They have 8 bit registers.

Seperate code vs data address spaces


More to the point... What are the DISadvantages of AVR compared to other
architectures?


The only real ones are that AVRs are a single makers product and that
there is less free stuff out there for it.

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