I have also just started to look at the Atmel AT90 controllers. They have
a couple of 20-pin and 40-pin packages with program memory up to 8K bytes.
There are no "pages" and in general the instruction sets seem to have
fewer special cases than the PIC parts. All models except the 1200 have
the stack in data space. Assembler/debugger is free. No info on prices yet
but they seem worth following up.
Ron
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On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Tim Crist wrote:
{Quote hidden}> I was talking to a salesman the other day about up-integrating my
> design. He represented ATMEL and claimed that the AT90S1200 is
> equivalent to the PIC16C84. I noticed his lips moving which makes
> me doubt the validity (i.e. How do you know if a salesman is Lying?
> answer: His lips are moving).
>
> Does anyone have experience with this part or company? How about
> code compatibility?
>
> I've heard they have a flash part that will be available 1Q98 that
> will do 200 MIPs - just kidding, Tjaart.
>
> TIA,
>
> Tim
>