Yes I know thats why I specifically said"8b PIC's ".p.erasmus wrote:MCHP do not only make 8 bit controllers
Yep and they also have the 24f series which is a good series as well. Basically I selected ST Because they have a crapload of cheap development boards and there chips are everywhere and a good price.p.erasmus wrote: a dsPIC33EP or a PIC32 has more power per mega herts than any ARM M3
The PIC32MZ runs at 200Mhz the fastes Flash Mico on the market with the Highest DMIPS or Coremarks
Example
http://canada.newark.com/stmicroelectro ... dp/06X3667
The price of the board with the display plus some ram other little goodies is the same as the chip alone. They have lots of boards like that.
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR is similiar
http://canada.newark.com/cypress-semico ... dp/39X7573
You need minumum investment the bulk of cypresses toolchain is free or next to it. The same can be said for ST.
I'm not knocking Microchips 8b line thats why I want an update. I want to use the newer chips with a compiller I paid for. I'll be using 8b PIC's for a long time yet.