RE: TI-H: Getting started, AVR vs PIC?

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RE: TI-H: Getting started, AVR vs PIC?

What about the programmer can I build it or do I have to buy one !!!
My Pic programmer only costed  $2 !!!
What about development software, Microchip gives it away for free.Atmel ?
BYe
Javier
 
 
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Grant Stockly <gussie@stockly.com>
Para: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Fecha: Viernes 4 de Junio de 1999 00:13 a.m.
Asunto: Re: TI-H: Getting started, AVR vs PIC?


Greetings all, and Grant in particular.

I am ready to start working with microcontrollers, and so am attempting
to do some research on what to buy. Its been recommended to me several
times to start with the 16F84 PIC and a homebuilt programmer. Since I
have been talking to the people on a PIC oriented group, I haven't heard
much about the AVR. I'm wondering how much it would cost me to start
with AVRs instead of PICs,


You can buy an AVR for $2 that is just like a $8 PIC.

All AVRs are ISP flash, most pics need UV lights.

what would be a good AVR to start with (like
what would give me a reasonable amount of onboard programming space,
and be cheap,



1200 for beginner, 4414/8515 for advanced.

requiring the fewest number of support chips).


You don't even -need- a crystal. Just power source.

Also, some reasons why I should go with the AVR instead of the PIC
would be nice.



The AVR is new, the PIC is dieing. Its a slow wannabe AVR

PICs have a lot of users, so there is a fairly wide base
of support, free code and a few free high level compilers,


The AVR has been arround for a year and a half and there are MANY good sources for source code.

GCC has been ported to the AVR.
Small-C has been ported to the AVR.

Others also.

There are tons of AVR users on the atmel mailing lists.

which will help
with the learning curve (I.E., I CAN program in asm if necessary, but I'd
prefer to start with something higher level until I need the performance
or size of asm).
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