Yep, I think I will bump into problems but somehow I'll manage. In a message dated Fri, 15 Sep 2000 2:02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Dan Michaels writes: << Josef @Snail wrote: >>If you are new to microcontrollers and especially to PICs, I would >>strongly recommend starting out with the 18-pin PIC16F84 chip. >>It is easy and quick to program and re-program, will introduce >>you to the basic PIC architecture and instruction set, and, >>most importantly, does not have all of the complex peripherals >>to worry about - SPI, I2C, A/D converters, PWM, etc. > >Starting with flash (electricaly reprogrammable) chip is definitly a plus. >The 16F87x can even reprogram itself (downloaders available from several >places), which counts as another plus on top of being flash. > >But I would disagree that SPI, I2C, A/D... make the chip more difficult to >work with. You needn't use the peripherals, they are switched off on power >up and the pins work as regular ports. With one exception - PORTA is all >analog inputs, ADCON1 has to be set to 0x07. And the peripherals are there >when you need them. > >More program pages - no problem. As long as you stay at page 0, you needn't >care. At the time your program exceeds 2K boundary (and MPASM will tell you >that), you have likely earned enough expertise to deal with PCLATH. > >My $0.02. > Josef, were you able to jump right in to the '87x as your very first microcontroller, or did you kind of work your way up to it? If you jumped right in, did your head not spin around at least a couple of times, before you got it all figured out? -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics >> -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.