[sdiy] Most common ICs

[Roman Sowa]

I don't care if I can get AVR equivalent of PIC in terms 
computing/peripherials power even at half the price. 15 years of 
assembly code development is worth at least 100kEUR for me so I'll stick 
to PICs. And I always wrote in assembler, since late 1980's so I don't 
mind mingling bits using quirky names. I rather enjoy it.

Crappy assembler, maybe, especially for older PIC16 that I don't use 
anymore. I remember commenting parts of code like "because this fucker 
cannot do it normal way", but even so, it's like talking language to me.

Roman

W dniu 2015-09-20 o 22:27, Gordonjcp pisze:
> 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.
>>
>> If you can get by with Cortex-M0, the STM32 starts as low as $1.45,
>> but the Cortex-M4 starts at $2.77
>>
>> 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
>>
>
> 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.
>