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Re:ARMing a Breadboard – Everyone Should Program an ARM by userbinator on Saturday October 10, 2015 @12:45PM (#10366047)
My go-to for applications that don't need more than an 8-bit MCU is PIC and 8051. Quirky architectures, but they're also cheaper in large quantities.
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Re:ARMing a Breadboard – Everyone Should Program an ARM by kjs3 on Saturday October 10, 2015 @01:15PM (#10366149)
I use 8051 for anything I do 8-bit as well. There are an almost infinite variety of speed/memory/peripheral combos available, still comes in hobby-friendly packages, and vast libraries of code and solid dev tools.

Never could stomach PIC. 8051 is 'quirky'; PIC is 'wtf?'. YMMV.

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