Re: [avr-chat] What does potential Microchip buy out of Atmel mean for future of AVR?

[jan]

On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:52:23 -0400
"David VanHorn" <address@hidden> wrote:

> > We ditched Microchip a few years ago and switched to Atmel because
> > of Microchip's bad support and attitude. But of course, maybe they
> > have changed... Probably not.
> 
> 
> That's scary..
> 
> I stopped using AVRs after I had yet another incident with Studio,
> where ldi r16,10 didn't end up with 10 in R16.
> It was repeatable, happening even with just the bare minimum of code.
> I even sent them a screen capture video of it happening.. But no
> useful response ever came.   Too much wasted time.
> 
> We're using ARMs now, with multi-party support.

I guess that's the way to go but sometimes it's hard to motivate the
use of a 32 bit CPU :*)

/Janne

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