AVR-Chat

At 10:46 AM 2/7/2005, Paul Maddox wrote:

>Hi,
>
>  well, I've found these 8051 based ones from Maxim/Dallas,
>http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/4078/ln/
>
>  not as well designed as the AVRs, but I've ordered one as a sample to try
>and compare the speed, tey're faster (33MIPs) but don't have things like a
>hardware multiply or lots of registers.

The 8051 design is a lot more like a pic in terms of "speed", so you'll 
probably give back all you've gained, except the higher EMI profile.