pic microcontroller

[siddharthm87]

what are the best supporting(brand) sensors for a 16 bit pic microcontroller???
for eg..like camera,infra red etc

are there any other microcontroller cheaper and better than pic microcontrollers??
can any one post algorithms for pic microcontroller!!

[Trumpkin]

AVR microcontrollers are much cheaper than pic microcontrollers.

[Mega]

are there any other microcontroller cheaper and better than pic microcontrollers??

What do you have in mind? What kind of bot do you want to build? Is this your first bot?

Personally, I thnk the AVR based Arduino is a great and cheap way to start.

[airman00]

what are the best supporting(brand) sensors for a 16 bit pic microcontroller???
for eg..like camera,infra red etc

are there any other microcontroller cheaper and better than pic microcontrollers??
can any one post algorithms for pic microcontroller!!

Basically any IR sensor will work and for cameras, also basically everything

PICs are cheaper(free samples) and have a wider variety for different tasks. I myself use PICs because I can get mcus in many pin numbers ( big or small ) and I can choose exactly how much ADC pins I want. AVR does not have that much of a selection.

what language are you programming in, and what is your experience with robots?