Re: 8 bit microcontroller market
- From: Joerg <notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:08:07 GMT
Hello Ian,
I am trying to get a handle on the current (or at least fairly recent) 8 bit
microcontroller market. There is plenty of anecdotal evidence around,
usually to show a particular manufacturer in a favourable light but apart
from spending several grand on a marketing report I have been unable to
find a set of basic figures for recent years. There are broad figures up to
2000 in the FAQ but nothing more detailed or recent.
Any ideas where this can be found at little or no cost. I am thinking market
share by value, shipments and processor type - that sort of thing.
You've got good advice by Eric and Robert and I won't add to the HW aspect since I am certainly not the expert here.
However, there is one thing that I regularly had to consider as a manager or when designing uC into otherwise analog circuitry for my clients: Availability of programmers. This is where (so far) the 8051 has beaten all others hands down. It was always easy to find local talent to write 8051 code while other uC architectures would have often forced us to fly someone in.
Another thought is about what you want to do with it and whether the mfg supplies enough info for the task at hand. For example, twice I had considered the MSP430 because it would have been a glove fit but I was unable to crank details about the DCO and port drivers/receivers out of TI. So I went the analog route.
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Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com
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