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cubdh23 said:Does anyone know which microcontroller or from which brand of controller is most popular and most used in industry today?
I heard texas instruments controllers are popular. What do u all think?
Intels' acronym for "programmable interrupt controller" has indeed been usurped by MicroChip. Intel missed the boat on that trademark. It used to come down to Intel vs. Motorola, with Zilog (Z8 ) or MicroChip being a a third choice for non-conformists. These days you'd do well to choose between PICs or AVRs, (8051 variants will be around for a long time, some of the new ones are very competitive). EDN magazine used to publish a pie chart of the preceeding years volume shipment (8-bit micros), the 8051 & its' derivatives always came out #1. The MPS430 is worth a look for low power uses, but TI's always been <3% in the micro market. #1 in DSPs though, followed by Lucent and Analog devices (last time I looked, which has been a few years . 56Kb modems were popular at the time, and pushed Lucent into #2).the name 'PIC' has even become commonly used to mean a micro-controller
laroche73 said:Intels' acronym for "programmable interrupt controller" has indeed been usurped by MicroChip.
laroche73 said:I believe it was General Instrument, not GE, that made the forerunner of the PIC family.
laroche73 said:**broken link removed** site has some background info on a number of micros from the past. **broken link removed** a reference (p.2,3) to Intels use of the PIC acronym for the 8259A.
laroche73 said:**broken link removed** site has some background info on a number of micros from the past. **broken link removed** a reference (p.2,3) to Intels use of the PIC acronym for the 8259A.