Rabbit vs. AVR

["UKHA" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I've been looking to improve my electronics capabilities (yet again) and
have noticed a lot of you here use AVR stuff. I've been working with Rabbit
RCM 2200's but wanted to know what one gives over the other.

I've had a look around and concluded (perhaps wrongly)  that anything that
I want to have an ethernet network connection should probably go on a
Rabbit since the cost appears so much lower. It just seems to me that there
are a lot of people who rave about the AVR stuff, and I don't know enough
about them to make a real decision as to what's better for me. I do see
that the AVR stuff seems to all be surface mount, which is a big minus in
my book (soldering skills are limited). I've taken a look at avrfreaks but
there's just way too much information there to be of any real use to me (or
I guess anyone starting out)...

Has anyone got/used both the rabbit series and AVR? Any comparisons or
opinions?


Thanks

Andy