Hello Graham,

5 may 1999 c., you wrote:

G> I'm from South Africa and I'm studying for a degree in Electronic
G> Engineering. In Pretoria we don't have that many suppliers of electronic
G> components and I was wondering how much a PIC costs anywhere else in the
G> world. I pay 40 Rands for a 16F84 here, and with the current exchange
G> rate I think would be equal to about 5 or 6 Dollars.

In Russia the electronic components Microchip are sold under such prices:
12C508A-04\p - 1.05$
16F84A-04\p  - 4.18$
The price is indicated for Moscow, at purchasing one chip.
The discounts at purchasing 100 chips - from 0.15 up to 1 $ depending
on a type of a chip.
In other large cities the cost approximately same.

In Russia also there are analogs of electronic components Microchip of
local development.
For example chip KR1876WE1 has such possibilities:
- 52 commands of the processor
- ROM - 1024*16 bytes EEPROM
- RAM - 128*8 bytes
- Flash RAM 64*8 bytes
- Operating frequencies from 0 up to 8 megaHerz.
- At a clock rate 32768 Hz the current of consumption of a chip is less
  than 30 microAmperes. In a condition "Sleep" - less than one
  microAmpere.
- 13 pin in\out. 25 mA source / sink per I/O/
- Two timing controllers (one of timing controllers - WDT).

The price of a chip at purchase from 100 pieces - less than 2 $.

Best regards,
 Ageew                          mailto:ageew1@got.mmtel.ru ICQ: 23171777


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