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06/02/06 00:01
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 		 #117572 - I guess it's easier for us old-timers
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Since I can remember the days before there were single-chippers, it's easy for me to draw the line.

A processor is a device with external memory and I/O, while a microcontroller has internal memory and I/O, though that's not to say that it can't use external resources as well. Early single-chippers were the MC6801, and i8748, among others. They caught on VERY fast. It's hard to imagine going through life without 'em.

Now, there are chips with several processors on board. I remember trying to use an ARM with a signal processor on-chip, along with a boot memory and cache, and some internal RAM along with SDRAM, ethernet, and other interfaces. It looked really "cool" but was from ATMEL, so it never really worked.

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List of 57 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
PIC or AVR?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Unanswerable!            01/01/70 00:00      
   Definatlely AVR            01/01/70 00:00      
      Microchip aren't going broke!            01/01/70 00:00      
         Here comapines donot force PIC            01/01/70 00:00      
      How single minded can anyone be            01/01/70 00:00      
         Remember what I said about spelling?            01/01/70 00:00      
            unsafe at any speed            01/01/70 00:00      
               OK ... but what does it mean?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Usage is the word            01/01/70 00:00      
                  usage?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     usafe = usage            01/01/70 00:00      
                        you took it right            01/01/70 00:00      
            Typing mistakes            01/01/70 00:00      
         ye nafareh pisheh ghazi rafti            01/01/70 00:00      
            a total contradiction            01/01/70 00:00      
      Noisy Application!            01/01/70 00:00      
         re noise            01/01/70 00:00      
         AVR Vs PIC !            01/01/70 00:00      
   I will vote avr            01/01/70 00:00      
      Not I!            01/01/70 00:00      
         so ...            01/01/70 00:00      
            that is what NASA said, too.            01/01/70 00:00      
   AVR            01/01/70 00:00      
   talking of alternatives            01/01/70 00:00      
      Not very well ... ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   neither and both            01/01/70 00:00      
   How about the PDP-8            01/01/70 00:00      
      down memeory lane            01/01/70 00:00      
   pic magazine            01/01/70 00:00      
      Everyday Practical Electronics.            01/01/70 00:00      
   definitley not PIC or DSPIC            01/01/70 00:00      
      The ICD is Not an emulator            01/01/70 00:00      
         Atmel fix everything? In dreams maybe.            01/01/70 00:00      
            Atmel = New Microsoft?            01/01/70 00:00      
               you did not highlight            01/01/70 00:00      
                  it's cheap? available in piles?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  You have piles too?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     excuse me?            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Piles            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Sh**!            01/01/70 00:00      
                              I think it is an older term            01/01/70 00:00      
                              I hope the embarassment did not make you            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 OK, heaps, or perhaps...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    internal memory is not restricted to 'co            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       OK so where would you draw the line            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          somewhere hereabouts            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             I guess it's easier for us old-timers            01/01/70 00:00      
   please say what is better PIC or AVR?            01/01/70 00:00      
      nothing is BETTER            01/01/70 00:00      
         Good point!            01/01/70 00:00      
      What is better for you?            01/01/70 00:00      
         I'll select AVR!            01/01/70 00:00      
            Experience            01/01/70 00:00      
      it's still pure male cow manure            01/01/70 00:00      
      It is a religious issue            01/01/70 00:00      
   AVR            01/01/70 00:00      

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