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Article #658Re: My hat is off to Microchip and their CEO!
From: David L. Jones
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:23
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:23
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Mark Harriss wrote: > DJ Delorie wrote: >> "David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> writes: >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YUvlrVlNao >> >> Sigh, I've been in that type of meeting before. Not as Mr Head, of >> course. > > > What's the PIC architecture like these days?, I heard it was always > pretty messy in terms of memory and a real pain to program in > assembly. Tons better. They have the PIC18 series which is more C friendly than the old 16 series, the 16 bit PIC24 series which is quite nice, and the new 32 bit PIC32 series based on a MIPS 4K core. Plus the dsPIC too. And why would you want to program in assembler anyway for all but niche areas? Even the old 16 series is not messy if you use a good C compiler, it takes care of any issues for you. Dave. -- ================================================ Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast: http://www.eevblog.com
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