On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Kenneth Lerman <kenneth.ler...@se-ltd.com> wrote: > On 4/16/2012 3:06 PM, Stephen Dubovsky wrote: >>> I don't mean to offend anybody, but AVR's are cheap and fall down easy >>> to get started with. Why bother with PIC's? The only reason I can think >>> of, is to fill time with the challenge at hand. >>> >>> >> Haha. I think the same thing now, but my suggestion is ARM. We've used >> PIC for over a decade at the office (+ TI dsp, + Motorola/freescale, +etc) >> and have recently gone 100% ARM. The Cortex M4(F) is bigger, faster& >> cheaper than a TI 28xx fixed pt dsp and the Cortex M0 is faster& cheaper >> than a tiny freescale HC08. Whatever peripherals you need, someone prob >> makes an ARM w/ just what you want. > As far as I can tell, ARMs are in a different class. (Price, complexity, > performance, etc.)
Not really---LPC1xxx are well under 1$, and the Cortex M parts are quite integrated and don't need external memory or peripherals. OK, I give you one advantage---probably the smallest package I have ever seen for ARM is QFN-32 pin; no 8-pin DILs. The complexity does come in because there are so many of them: NXP, ST, TI, Broadcom, Marvell and Atmel, each one a little different; but if you are looking for low price/complexity, just stick to one of them, for instance NXP LPC series. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
