Kalpak,

Are you really praising PICs in a 8051 forum? :-)))
Seriously, I appreciate your comments, but let me discuss:

See Erik's post. The compatibility in case of 8051 is unbelievable, considering the many companies and time involved. See for example the DS89C4x0 family.


;-) , but good point.
This is why we have 8052.com, the one-stop source of 8051 wisdom. :-P

Well, I can speak nothing on support, never tried; but from a credible source I have learned about an accident with Microchip denying the existence of a bug and later admitting it in an errata. However, I think this will happen with all the companies; people at support are sometimes under pressure; I understand that. As long as they are willing to communicate and not purely trying to get rid of the complaints, it's very well.


A big pain to learn those ridiculous acronyms. Personal experience (nausea and all :-)

This is a big pity they won't come down here. Both they and we would benefit for sure. Also, it's a pity there are separate lists e.g. at SiLabs and Keil - I understand the reasons but from my (user's) point of view it IS a pity anyway.

Somehow, I don't believe anything in India is small :-))) Try to find my country on the map, if you have one with big enough scale. Compare our population with some bigger village of yours :-)))
OK I am kidding, I hope this was not a too big faux pas; otherwise I apologize. But the point with Microchip providing excellent support in small scale is very relevant; Atmel works in a slightly similar way.

Generally, I found out that usually one praises the tool he uses the most; but at the end of the day, it really does not matter, whether PIC, '51, AVR, Freescale, Renesas or whichever, if it fits the task.

Jan Waclawek