Has anyone seen a good thorough historical timeline of all the different Atmel processors and variants out there? They have so many varieties of microcontrollers (especially among the ATmega series, which is all I usually browse) I often wonder to myself "Is X a newer/better version of Y?" when the numbering scheme doesn't necessarily reveal it.
I mean it makes sense that an "ATmega2560" is a bigger/better version of the "ATmega1280", but what about the ATmega165 vs. ATmega164?
I think this would help, it is a table of features of the processors.
yeah I d/l'ed the excel version of that earlier, it does a great job laying out the features. I was just kinda wondering if, say, the ATmega16U2 is a newer/successor to the AT90USB162 for instance. Seems like it is, Mouser.com shows those as new parts I think...
Newer isn't always "better." It is just newer.
Identify what you need to complete a project and then determine what best fits. If the "newer" version supports features you don't need, then is it really "better"?
He is looking for historical information such as the evolution of the Atmel line. He's not looking for good, better, best.
cyclegadget:
He is looking for historical information such as the evolution of the Atmel line. He's not looking for good, better, best.
Oh? I guess I misread the original statement: I often wonder to myself "Is X a newer/better version of Y?"
"Is X a newer/better version of Y?"
There is never a simple answer to that. For example the mega328 (non p) is a newer release then the mega328p used in arduino boards, however it's only 'better' in the sense that it's cheaper then the p version.
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