On Sun, 28 Jun 1998 01:16:32 -0400, you wrote:

>Greetings everyone,
>
>I'm working on a hobby project using a 12C508 to turn on and off the lights
>on a model train locomotive. The locomotive has an ID ( 1 ~ 80 ) on the
>track. The decoder circuit based around the 12C508 needs to have ID
>selection switches by which I can assign the decoder an ID.
>
>
>Am I wasting my time with the 12C508 chip here and should just use a 16F84?
>Does anyone know when the 12CE518 chip would be available? With that (and
>also with the 16F84) I could write a routine to actually program and store
>the decoders ID in the EEPROM by using a key sequence on the central
>control unit.
If you are deterred from using an external eeprom for space reasons,
remember that you can now get a very cheap eeprom in a SOT23-5 package
(24C00) from Microchip.

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