i think i googled for PIC microcontroller. This site is really something! Quite addictive

I found it while searching on yahoo

I Found it looking for some schmatics for robotics. Also I thought it was cool how everyone helps out everyone with there knowledge and expertis. This site is more focused then lets say nuts and volts forum.

.....by coincidance ops:

but i liked this forum from the first visit there is sthg special in here :shock:

I voted.

I came across this site from a post on the Parallax forum groups.
This forum has been part of my morning reading ever since.

Originally Posted by Roboticinfo

Parallax is the company for the crapy basicstamp2 and other little add ons they sell for it.

One word, SX.
My SX can beat up your PIC.

http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=SX28AC/DP
http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=SX52BD

Originally Posted by Roboticinfo

It is nothing compared to the dspic

Very nice. A little expensive at $10 bucks, but a great value/time saver given its abilities.

It would beat the leaving day lights of your little SX

I did not see in the spec sheet if the dspic has single-cycle instruction set.
The real power of the SX class is its blinding speed. This can overcome any "missing" features.
At 75Mhz one instruction takes 13us.

That and the < $2.00 price tag.

oh come on guys!

dont you have other things to do in life? there is simply no point in filling pages of a thread with device comparisons. none of you two have developed the PIC or the SX and niether are you their sales and marketing representative. right??

so, just chill out. if you like the SX then fine, great, work with it. if you like the dsPIC then fine, great, work with it.

speed is not always the main concern. the main thing is the architechture and the integrated peripherals. and as far as that is concerned all major microcontroller manufacturers have devices that fulfill the needs of any designer. its just a matter of choice

i hope that helps

have a good day