[fpc-devel] binutils for avr 8 bit

[Ralf Quint]

On 5/26/2014 12:34 AM, Michael Schnell wrote:
> On 05/23/2014 07:39 PM, Daniel Sapundjiev wrote:
>>
>> Can someone help me with the 8 bit AVR.
>>
> Do you really plan to sell a device in such great quantities that it 
> makes sense do invest a lot of software engineering effort in an 8 Bit 
> arch instead of one of the (better) supported 32 Bit archs, just to 
> save some cent per piece ? 
The fact is that the 8bit AVR (Atmel) chips are well supported and more 
than just "some cent per piece" cheaper, and they work with a wider 
voltage range then any 32bit chip out there (without expensive circuitry 
to get the same voltage "agnostic"). They are the base, in form of the 
ATmega328(P) and ATmega32u4 MCUs, for the most common Arduino boards and 
their derivatives, the Arduino Uno and Arduino Leonardo. Very common, 
and very cheap... ;-)

Ralf



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