[time-nuts] favorite microcontroller module?

[christopher hoover]

John Miles wrote:
> I'm a strong partisan of the AVR architecture.  Cheap, effective, and
> supported by GCC.

I am, too.   For an 8-bit solution, I heartily concur.  The AVR series is
broad and, indeed, the gcc/binutils support is decent.

If you want/need 32-bits, IMNSHO, ARM is the best way to go for a
highly-integrated solution.  The Philips/NXP parts are quite good.  The ARM
backend for gcc is excellent.

-ch