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What uC's have you been using? What is the greatest uC for you? What programming tools have you used for them? And why?
Well, let me start. Long ago I was a Z80 lover. Actually not a uC but a uP... Back then I had no idea what a high level programming language is, so I only used assembler language. Since I am a C/C++ programmer, and the discovery of the PICs, I am a Microchip man, and a HI-TECH one. ANSI compliance is a must for me, I really don't like someone who tells you "you'll have to learn our own C-like language", that turns me off all the times.
As for Microchip, you have on-chip flash, you have ICSP, you have a reasonable speed, you have very small packages, you have all the useful peripherals, you have small power consumption, you have great software tools, you have small prices. Well, others may have those too, but since I'm happy with what I have, why change? This may not be the greatest way to think of things, but, I admit, I'm guity of being too comfortable sometimes.
I've been considering to have a look at what Zilog did in the last... let me see, is it 20 years?, since they released Z80A I've never really had the oportunity to, but there is a probability that I may fall in love again with their products.
Also, I'd like to try Motorola and Atmel uC's, but again, I need something to get me started.
So, what about you?
What uC's have you been using? What is the greatest uC for you? What programming tools have you used for them? And why?
Well, let me start. Long ago I was a Z80 lover. Actually not a uC but a uP... Back then I had no idea what a high level programming language is, so I only used assembler language. Since I am a C/C++ programmer, and the discovery of the PICs, I am a Microchip man, and a HI-TECH one. ANSI compliance is a must for me, I really don't like someone who tells you "you'll have to learn our own C-like language", that turns me off all the times.
As for Microchip, you have on-chip flash, you have ICSP, you have a reasonable speed, you have very small packages, you have all the useful peripherals, you have small power consumption, you have great software tools, you have small prices. Well, others may have those too, but since I'm happy with what I have, why change? This may not be the greatest way to think of things, but, I admit, I'm guity of being too comfortable sometimes.
I've been considering to have a look at what Zilog did in the last... let me see, is it 20 years?, since they released Z80A I've never really had the oportunity to, but there is a probability that I may fall in love again with their products.
Also, I'd like to try Motorola and Atmel uC's, but again, I need something to get me started.
So, what about you?