Is STM8 recomendded for beginners?

[rabbi141]

I have experience with PIC and AVR microcontrollers, but they lack the good debug features of the STM8 series. Furthermore, these microcontrollers aren't cheap. While looking for simple and inexpensive chips, I keep coming across the STM8 series.

Mastering a new microcontroller takes time. I'm confused about learning the STM8 because STMicroelectronics is recommending their STM32 series, which uses the ARM Cortex-M core. This recommendation makes me wonder if investing time in the STM8 is a good idea, or if it would be better to learn the more widely-supported and future-proof STM32 family.

[whitehorsesoft]

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So, in that light, I don't follow the reasoning here:

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@whitehorsesoft wrote:

But for a hobby/training project, I would recommend STM8 for the "bare metal" experience. .

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Surely, something like AVR would be more appropriate here - as it has far wider support ?

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That may be. Sorry, I was thinking in scope of ST products.