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08/29/06 12:34
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 		 #123295 - a true story
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Are companies really using PIC in commercial designs? If we're comparing cheap PICs, isn't the equivalent a small pin-count Philips part at something like 40 or 50 cents? One of our suppliers offered to create a product we needed but did not have the time to do ourselves. The showed up with a PIC based design and I asked "why the PIC" they replied "we needed this feature". I pointed them to SILabs and voila, the next iteration of the product was '51 based.

PIC marketing scored a goal, but lost the game. Had I not been able to "work for SILabs marketing" in this instance, this would have been a PIC "design win"

Erik


List of 72 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
PIC?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Awful instruction set and CPU architecture            01/01/70 00:00      
      yes true kalpak            01/01/70 00:00      
         True            01/01/70 00:00      
            I know this guy who whips out 3 PIC projects a wee            01/01/70 00:00      
            Hi-tech            01/01/70 00:00      
         Thanks            01/01/70 00:00      
            a case study...            01/01/70 00:00      
               words            01/01/70 00:00      
                  oh sorry...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Datasheets are terrible...            01/01/70 00:00      
   I hear you brother!            01/01/70 00:00      
      to PIC or not to PIC            01/01/70 00:00      
      8051-like "instruction set" for PICs            01/01/70 00:00      
   Why PICs? Let me count the ways            01/01/70 00:00      
      Hey Charles!            01/01/70 00:00      
         :)            01/01/70 00:00      
            Ahh the luxury!            01/01/70 00:00      
               True            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Stretching it            01/01/70 00:00      
               Memories            01/01/70 00:00      
      Really?            01/01/70 00:00      
         a true story            01/01/70 00:00      
         No, not really            01/01/70 00:00      
      Hmm            01/01/70 00:00      
         Steve, Why are you attacking me?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Your msg Charles            01/01/70 00:00      
            a joke            01/01/70 00:00      
               Exactly            01/01/70 00:00      
            Yes ?            01/01/70 00:00      
               It was an attack. Not a joke.            01/01/70 00:00      
                  how can a copy be misquote?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Equally talented            01/01/70 00:00      
            Have you heard of copyright            01/01/70 00:00      
               Your employees can\'t have hobbies?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  You've never heard of ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Really?            01/01/70 00:00      
                        nope            01/01/70 00:00      
                           copyright etc.            01/01/70 00:00      
                              10 2) 3) 4) enough?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Ahhh            01/01/70 00:00      
                  nope            01/01/70 00:00      
            I can\'t blame him.            01/01/70 00:00      
               PICs are low consumption            01/01/70 00:00      
                  ...So are LPC            01/01/70 00:00      
                     how much exactly?            01/01/70 00:00      
                         Not at the moment            01/01/70 00:00      
                        did you check the \"user giude\"?            01/01/70 00:00      
                           that's even more confusing            01/01/70 00:00      
                              this is 'to be found out'            01/01/70 00:00      
                        The real world            01/01/70 00:00      
                           current consumption            01/01/70 00:00      
      PICs outsell the 8051??            01/01/70 00:00      
         Both outsold by 68HC05            01/01/70 00:00      
      a comment and a correction            01/01/70 00:00      
      All these wonders, yet the 805x still outsells it!            01/01/70 00:00      
      Market share            01/01/70 00:00      
      Lots of 8051s now            01/01/70 00:00      
   PICky, PICky, PICky...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Continuing...            01/01/70 00:00      
      35 instruction            01/01/70 00:00      
         Very accurate            01/01/70 00:00      
      ARGH!            01/01/70 00:00      
   sorry, could not help it            01/01/70 00:00      
   How do you confuse an embedded developer?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Nice one            01/01/70 00:00      
   PIC Assembly is tough.            01/01/70 00:00      
   site            01/01/70 00:00      
      start here            01/01/70 00:00      
         and for PIC 'c' programming...            01/01/70 00:00      
            Free C compiler            01/01/70 00:00      
               agreed but....            01/01/70 00:00      

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