Hi, I am determining the microcontroller for a project I would like to know the differences between a PIC microcontroller and a 8051 ( e.g. at89s8252) based microcontroller. It seems that both have similar features. Thanks a lot, Andre
You'll have trouble finding a PIC with 32 I/Os. Are these mainly inputs or outputs? A couple of shift registers daisy chained (parallel in or out as per your requirements) can transform just 3 I/O pins into many inputs or outputs. How well this suits you depends upon your sampling speed requirements.