[sdiy] Most common ICs

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The dsPIC and PIC24 have slightly enhanced instruction sets. It's probably more enjoyable to program in assembler on dsPIC than the 8-bit PIC variations. It's certainly possible to program the 8-bit PIC in assembly, but I wouldn't recommend 100% assembly as it certainly can be a pain to deal with the limitations (4K RAM in 16 banks, etc).


On Sep 19, 2015, at 4:06 PM, Vinicius Brazil <brazil.v at gmail.com> wrote:
> I use a lot the dsPIC33 family in my modules, 40 ~ 70 MIPS is a very considerable speed for most applications in 16 bit.
> I only program in assembler and generally PICs are very easy to write in assembler.
> A dsPIC33FJ128GP802 costs about 4 USD 40 MIPS, 128Kbytes Flash, 500Mhz 12bit ADC, 1kbytes RAM and many peripherals.
> I have searched better solutions with best cost-benefit and programming in assembler but not yet found.
> Suggestions will be very welcome.
> Especially in the case 32 bits.
> 
> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 7:21 PM, Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net> wrote:
>> Plus one for dsPIC33F.  I don't find them expensive at all.  I use assembly language and the dsPIC to be easy to program and efficient, moreso using DMA.  I don't think that a 12 voice Karplus-Strong MIDI synth with pitch bend is doing too badly at all.