AVR-Chat

Out of the Atmel and Pic families what is the
cheapest 8 line in/out chip they make that doesn't
need a crystal? NE1 know



> --- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Mucha"
> <dave_mucha@y...> > 
> > The Stamp offers free starter software and a
> plethora of extreemly
> > well written projects.  From blinking an LED all
> the way up to
> > controlling an LCD and now USB support.
> > 
> > The PIC missed with it's odd memory mapping and
> it's multiple chip
> > families that are not upwardly synchronized.
> > 
> > Atmel hit the mark with the Tiny-11 for fifty
> cents, but both Atmel
> > and Microchip should offer a cheap programmer and
> raw beginner 
> software. 
> > 
> > Not all of us who want or need the power of a
> micro can take the time
> > to learn the software, then the hardware, then
> trouble shoot it.
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> 
> If you like stamps, then you should like The BX-24
> better.  It uses a 
> more "normal" version of BASIC.  It is really easy
> to use, and there 
> is lots of software for it, though not as much as
> the Stamp.  It is 
> faster and has more RAM.  Its worth the extra effort
> to port the stamp 
> programs to the BX-24.
> 
> -Tony
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



		
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