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Atmel was a sleepy, ran-with company until they had a hit with the tiny and mega series. They were a fresh architecture, ample peripherals, great documentation
by chillingeffect 11y ago
Atmel was a sleepy, ran-with company until they had a hit with the tiny and mega series. They were a fresh architecture, ample peripherals, great documentation and open. Who could have anticipated the Arduino's success? Their transition past 8-bit was lackluster due to poor peripherals, poor documentation and unimpressive performance.
They were on the ropes when the cortex cores delivered the coup de grace. I'm not sure they were worth even this much. So long, Atmel. It's been a slice.
- Gibbon1 11y agoWould have been nice if instead of the xmega parts with the old AVR core + brand new complex and somewhat buggier peripherals they'd instead swapped out the AVR core with an ARM Cortex M0 core.
- buserror 11y agoNot really. for all intent and purpose, the AVR peripherals are very limited. Yes they are easy to use etc, but they are VERY limited -- no FIFO on any of the serial interfaces for example... There are much, much better IP to do these kind of things if you decide to upgrade the core...