AVR-Chat

On Sep 18, 2005, at 6:53 PM, Astria Nur Irfansyah wrote:

> ps: why is AVR much more expensive than PIC in australia? it's the
> other way around in indonesia :(

It has everything to do with how deep the local importer wants to  
stick his hand in your pocket.

As a general rule Microchip CPUs cost more than similar AVR in the  
USA. Years ago the tables were the other way around, Microchip was  
inexpensive and available to anybody who asked, Motorola was like a  
buying a used car, had to negotiate a price for parts, and negotiate  
for allocation. Maximized Motorola's short term income while making  
Microchip's fortune.

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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