March 10, 2009
what is a advantage for PIC as a microcontoller?
mohd nor shafique s asked:
hi..i'm a student of mechatronic engineering.i would like to know why we must use a PIC as a microcontroller..is there any hardware we can compare with PIC??
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hi..i'm a student of mechatronic engineering.i would like to know why we must use a PIC as a microcontroller..is there any hardware we can compare with PIC??
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Randommichael
March 11, 2009 at 1:20 pm
A PIC is a Programmable interface chip. Normally in industry you would use something like a PLC. This stands for something like programmable logic controller. The main difference being that a PIC is a chip, and a PLC is the chip with inputs and outputs. There is also a massive price difference a PIC is extreamly cheap to buy but normally more difficult to programme. As for hardware to use with a PIC I dont know because I mainly use PLC’s!
blamay22000
March 14, 2009 at 3:26 am
Not really. A PIC can be programmed to perform about any task you want with the proper hardware. As Random says, its alot cheaper than a PLC.
snabby
March 16, 2009 at 4:05 pm
PICs are powerful microcontrollers. Common alternatives is the 8051 architecture or the Atmel AVR architecture.
These days there is a shift moving to PowerPC chips (not really microcontrollers though) because they’re faster, power efficient, and becoming a cheaper alternative to using a microcontroller. But this only makes sense for some of the larger embedded projects.
PICs are used heavily in the industry. I’ve worked in a few engineering companies and we’ve used them to interface to flash memory. They also come with an excellent development environment (important for anyone working with embedded systems). PIC also come in various forms such as PIC32, zigbee controllers, etc. The same goes for other architectures, so when you compare you want to compare at compute power, power efficiency, physical dimensions, etc.
Just to add: Atmel AVR and PowerPC also benefit from good development environments because there are compiler backends to GCC to target those architectures.