[dorkbotpdx-blabber] AVR Philosophy

[dave madden]

> AVR peripherals are like most any other microcontroller peripheral
> (certainly not bit-banged). [...]
> Most (I previously thought all) AVR's have UARTs of some sort - this
> appears to not be the case for the ATmega406, however

That's reassuring ... I just hadn't encountered a microcontroller
without a UART for ... well, a long time, anyway.  The Atmels seem to
have a more varied selection of peripherals on each device, plus with
the unfamiliar naming conventions, I wasn't making much headway in
figuring out what's where.

I gotta say, NXP and Luminary make it really easy for guys like me to
get started.  Atmel & Microchip are at the other end of the spectrum,
even if, ultimately, their chips might be better-suited for an
application.

d.