Re: uC selection

"Jon Slaughter" <Jon_Slaughter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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Currently I use microchip pics but I'm looking possibly to switch, but
what? Is Atmel worth it? What about TI? I'm looking for something
similar to microchip but more of a commercial aspect. I have never seen
any commercial device that uses a pic and I assume there are reasons for
this? It seems that pic's are only for hobbiests so using them in a
commercial product is a no-no?


People use what they are comfortable with or what they are told to use.


Ok, no one is telling me to use it cause its my decision. I use PIC's cause
its easy to get free samples and most of the dev tools are free. But I guess
you get what you pay for. I'm interested in moving on if there is something
better. I want a modern IDE and modern dev tools and not something from the
80's that still uses win3.1 based code(can tell from the interface).

Choose an ARM based uC. Download & install eclipse, winarm (compiler &
tools), openocd. Build or buy a wiggler compatible JTAG interface. And
off you go...

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