Hey,
I'm not sure this is the best place on the internet to get an answer to this, but I'm currently using PIC 8bit series, and I've outgrown them.
I need a processor with at least 2 CAN modules, a DMA would be nice, and if I could find something that scaled from 8 to 32bit using roughly the same foundation that would be great. My company makes modules/projects that range from 100 units to 10,000 but normal product volume is 500-1000 (niche product). I have no idea what I'm paying for PICs right now, but it's probably between $5 and $8. I'm also the only engineer at my company so I need something less than obscure, something with a community would be nice. Also, I rarely need packages larger then QFP44, but I haven't found anything that meets my requirements less the 80pin so I'd like to be around there.
Does anyone have an advice or a series to stay away from ?
I've been looking into:
Of those, Freescale is expensive and doesn't scale at all between 8/16/32 without changing architectures plus as far as I can tell their MSCAN has 1 buffer (wtf), Renesas is rare for english speaking noobs, the PICs might work but I'd rather find something to grow with, I know very little about other mfgs.
Comments ?
I'm not sure this is the best place on the internet to get an answer to this, but I'm currently using PIC 8bit series, and I've outgrown them.
I need a processor with at least 2 CAN modules, a DMA would be nice, and if I could find something that scaled from 8 to 32bit using roughly the same foundation that would be great. My company makes modules/projects that range from 100 units to 10,000 but normal product volume is 500-1000 (niche product). I have no idea what I'm paying for PICs right now, but it's probably between $5 and $8. I'm also the only engineer at my company so I need something less than obscure, something with a community would be nice. Also, I rarely need packages larger then QFP44, but I haven't found anything that meets my requirements less the 80pin so I'd like to be around there.
Does anyone have an advice or a series to stay away from ?
I've been looking into:
- Freescale (HC08, HC908)
- Renesas (MC16)
- PIC 16bit series (if I'm switching away from pic I might as well go all out)
- Infinion, STM, ???
Of those, Freescale is expensive and doesn't scale at all between 8/16/32 without changing architectures plus as far as I can tell their MSCAN has 1 buffer (wtf), Renesas is rare for english speaking noobs, the PICs might work but I'd rather find something to grow with, I know very little about other mfgs.
Comments ?