Low Cost Micro Controller Development Systems

mfgr		Atmel		Zilog	Hitachi	MicroChip Technologies		Scenix (End Of Life)
series		AT89S	AT90S	Z8/Z8Plus	H8/300L	all	16F87x	SX
arch		ISP 8051 clones	AVR RISC	Z80	H8	PIC		50-100 MIPS ISP PIC clone
Cost	uController	$2 - $20 (1, 2)	(1, 3 2, )	$2 - $35 (1)	~$20.00 (1)	$2.00 - $10.00 (1)	$5.00-$10.00(1)	~$6.00
	Programmer	$5.00 (in parts) for PC Parallel Port programming cable / free software.	(in ATICE200 below) or use Arduino bootloader	(in ICE)	~$100.00 DevKit w/Prog, Asm, IDE, ICE (1) FLASH support extra for other H8/300 series.	$10-$100 large selection	$199 (1) $99 with MChip seminar ICD PC prog / debug adapter, IDE, true ICE (emulation circuitry built into the production chips)	$50 SXBlitz	$199 (1) SXKey PC serial port prog / debug adapter, IDE, true ICE (emulation circuitry built into the production chips)
	Compiler	Many free 8051 compilers, etc. available.	many free / low cost	free ASM (in ICE)		many free / low cost		many free / low cost
	IDE	free	free IDE^ or Arduino	free (in ICE)		free MPLAB		?
	ICE	N/A	$200 (1, 2, 3, 4) ATICE200	$99 (1)		$$$$		N/A
	Simulator	SIM				many free / low cost		many free / low cost
Total Cost		$10.00	$20 to ~$210	~$110	~$120	~$50	~$157	$56	$206
Evaluation Resources		mailing list	mailing list		mailing list	PICLIST
Upside		Dead cheap! Lots of resources.	Powerfull uP, Lots of resources	Low cost in production (chip price), lots of app notes / sample code.		large selection, many special features, low cost in production and developement, lots of app notes / sample code.	True ICE, lots of io (a2d, uart, pwm, timers)	Screaming FAST, Virtualize external hardware in code to reduce total production costs, SX48/52 have 40 io pins.,	True ICE, Screaming FAST, Virtualize external hardware in code to reduce total production costs, SX48/52 have 40 io pins.
Downside		NO ICE, 4 uP's, single source, 2 MIPS	Cost for ICE, 4 to 8 MIPS, single source?	low cost versions are very low power (512b program 32b ram), 1 to 2 MIPS, single source?	4 MIPS	May not have ICE, 2 to 10 MIPS	limited to 4 uC's	NO ICE, few uP's, single source	few uP's, single source

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Low Cost Micro Controller Development Systems

Atmel

Zilog

Hitachi

MicroChip Technologies

Scenix (End Of Life)