X-Git-Url: http://git.linex4red.de/pub/lufa.git/blobdiff_plain/69dc32c5f01e8640c1bdf83df3a2a7699ea54560..3309c00a99cca6d4a903aed9ecd092346b767ea0:/LUFA/ManPages/LUFAvsAtmelStack.txt diff --git a/LUFA/ManPages/LUFAvsAtmelStack.txt b/LUFA/ManPages/LUFAvsAtmelStack.txt index fba26524a..239c2772b 100644 --- a/LUFA/ManPages/LUFAvsAtmelStack.txt +++ b/LUFA/ManPages/LUFAvsAtmelStack.txt @@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ */ /** - * \page Page_LUFAvsAtmelStack LUFA vs the Atmel Stack + * \page Page_LUFAvsAtmelStack LUFA vs the Atmel 8-bit USB AVR Stack * - * Atmel offers an official USB AVR stack, which may be incorporated into user projects and products. As LUFA and the Atmel - * stack aims to give roughly the same functionality to a design, it is often asked what advantages LUFA carries over the - * official Atmel USB stack. Below are just some of the advantages to choosing LUFA over the official stack. + * Atmel offers an official 8-bit USB AVR stack, which may be incorporated into user projects and products. As LUFA and the Atmel + * stack aims to give roughly the same functionality to a design, it is often asked what advantages LUFA carries over the official + * Atmel USB stack for the 8-bit USB AVRs. Below are just some of the advantages to choosing LUFA over the official Atmel stack. * * - Licensing: * LUFA is released under a very permissive MIT license (see \ref Page_LicenseInfo), while the Atmel stack carries several @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ * * - Demos and Projects: * Unlike the Atmel stack, LUFA comes with many different Device and Host mode Demos and Projects ready to run out of the box. - * Atmel favours separate downloads for each of their (small set) of USB AVR demos, which requires more time and offers less + * Atmel favors separate downloads for each of their (small set) of USB AVR demos, which requires more time and offers less * to the end-user. LUFA also contains several open source Bootloaders, which can be modified as the user wishes to suit his or * her application, instead of being forced to use Atmel's single prebuilt (closed-source) DFU bootloader. * @@ -42,5 +42,11 @@ * - Better Library Support: * As many people are now using LUFA, there is a community being built around it. You can get answers to your LUFA related questions * quickly by either emailing the library author (subject to author's schedule) or by posting to the official LUFA support mailing list. + * + * - More Compact Code: + * LUFA is written from the ground up to compile optimally, using clean code and good design. Two demos giving the same functionality - + * the LUFA Low Level API Mouse Demo vs. the Atmel AVR270 HID Mouse application note shows LUFA to be the clear size winner *. + * + * * LUFA Low Level Mouse Demo: 3510 bytes, Atmel AVR270 Mouse Application Note: 4222 bytes, using an identical build environment. */ - +