Hi,
I've just spent the last few days reading through the instruction book that came with my Freescale HC05 development/simulator board. I got given it from a relative a while ago and its pretty old (the copyright on the book is 1995) and i've found out, after speaking to the Freescale support team, that the HC05 series is being phased out in favour of the newer HC08 and HC11 series'.
My problem is this - At some point in the near future, the micro which I've been learning about is going to be obsolete. I could move on to the HC08 series which would mean I have to get a whole new programming board BUT the assembly language instructions are the same so I wouldn't have wasted my time with the HC05. Or I could forget Freescale altogether and move onto either PIC or AVR (AVR probably slightly preferred due to the cheaper development tools) BUT I'd have to learn a whole different set of instructions.
From looking around on the net there doesn't seem to be anywhere near as much information about Freescale micros as there is for PIC and AVR. Is this because Freescale are aimed more at the industry rather than hobbyist?
What do you suggest?
I've just spent the last few days reading through the instruction book that came with my Freescale HC05 development/simulator board. I got given it from a relative a while ago and its pretty old (the copyright on the book is 1995) and i've found out, after speaking to the Freescale support team, that the HC05 series is being phased out in favour of the newer HC08 and HC11 series'.
My problem is this - At some point in the near future, the micro which I've been learning about is going to be obsolete. I could move on to the HC08 series which would mean I have to get a whole new programming board BUT the assembly language instructions are the same so I wouldn't have wasted my time with the HC05. Or I could forget Freescale altogether and move onto either PIC or AVR (AVR probably slightly preferred due to the cheaper development tools) BUT I'd have to learn a whole different set of instructions.
From looking around on the net there doesn't seem to be anywhere near as much information about Freescale micros as there is for PIC and AVR. Is this because Freescale are aimed more at the industry rather than hobbyist?
What do you suggest?