> I strongly believe that the '87x series with some sort of ICD is _the_ way
> to go for the hobbiest. For one-off (or even ten-off) types of projects it
> is very reasonable in price.
>
> It has nearly every peripheral known to the PIC world, so outgrowing it
> while still being in the PIC range is not too likely.
>
> When 18F chips become available they should probably replace the F87x in
> this role because of their simpler architecture (re: banking/paging, etc).

I totally agree.  For now I think the official hobbiest entry PIC should be
the 16F876.  Once someone is comfortable with that, it is easy to move up
and down the product line.  The low end 12Cxxx chips only make sense when
you need a lot of them, board space is very tight, etc.  These aren't issues
for a hobbiest starting his first PIC project.


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Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Littleton Massachusetts
(978) 742-9014, olin@embedinc.com, http://www.embedinc.com

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