| ??? 10/27/07 16:00 Read: times |
#146292 - does that really matter? Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Jan Waclawek said:
Erik Malund said:
The LPC chips beat the defecation out of the Atmels as far as cost. This is a matter of perspective. For me, for example (mind the geographical position), LPC932A1 is E4.5 apiece in quantities of 10-50 from 1 (one) supplier; and it's 3V only, which means to use less readily (hence slightly more expensive) peripherals. ATMega8, a very comparable one, has a very wide power supply, and can buy over the counter in virtually every shop dealing with electronics for the equivalent of cca E3, in quantity of 1. While I'm one of those who seldom buys in large quantity, I doubt it matters what the part costs in quantities under 1k units. Only developers, who can get the small quantities for free for the asking as samples, and hobbyists, who really don't matter to the manufacturer, care about quantities under 100. I too would say that '51s simply die out because of lack of interest from the manufacturers who massively moved into the ARMs - see Lynn Reed's report a few months ago. On the other hand, the Norway group of Atmel is very aggressive on keeping the AVRs alive.
JW PS. Just opened up the AVR32 devkit, it's really a mess, any experiences out there? RE |
