[dorkbotpdx-blabber] AVR Philosophy

[John Luciani]

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:17 PM, dave madden <dorkbot at mersenne.com> wrote:

> 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.

I agree with you about Atmel (I have not looked at Microchip).
TI and Freescale (was Motorola) do a much better job at
documenting and presenting their devices.

Atmel has done an excellent job of building a community of users.

(* jcl *)

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