> Be aware of the Philips "LPC" (low pin count) family of cpus.
> The 87LPC764 (and its siblings) gives many low end PICs a run for their
> money.
>
> Notable shortcomings are -
>
> - OTP eprom - not flash [silly]
> - NO user EEROM [stupid].
> - Not too much else wrong.

Other shortcoming is Surface Mount part only available in reels.

Steve.

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