Quote Originally Posted by scalerobotics View Post
I wish Microchip had this kind of pricing strategy....
Agreed. In the value (price/performance ratio) department, MC sure is lagging behind quite a few competitors - and not just with dev tools but with devices as well. In fact NXP, ST and TI have all recently introduced 32-bit ARM based devices at or below 8-bit PIC16 prices (<$1 in quantity).