[sdiy] Most common ICs

[Gordonjcp]

On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 03:07:45PM -0700, rsdio at audiobanshee.com wrote:
> I agree with the complaints that the PIC is not perfect. However, they fill a very important price versus performance niche. Sure, they're slower than other parts, but they're also cheaper than faster chips. They've been around longer, so it's easier to find documentation and example code. Again, not perfect, but many companies do much worse.
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> If you can get by with Cortex-M0, the STM32 starts as low as $1.45, but the Cortex-M4 starts at $2.77
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> However, if all you need is an 8-bit processor, then PIC10 can be had for $0.51, PIC16 for $0.58, and PIC18 for $1.92
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Right, but for the sake of a few pennies you've saddled yourself with only having a deeply crappy assembler for developing with.

Stick the STM32 in, pay the <A3>0.89 for an entry-level chip, and use a plain ordinary gcc/gdb toolchain, and save yourself some time.

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