Thnax - data sheet's downloadable from Microchip I presume? Any ideas
where you'd pick up a few specimens in Australia, pref Melbourne?
Don't want a whole stick.
Ian

Tony Nixon wrote:
>
> Ian Hynes wrote:
> >
> > PICers,
> > I've been kicking around a design involving an RF 1/2duplex link, a
> > keypad interface bmo a 74C922 decoder, lcd(3 wire connection , 4 bit
> > mode) & maybe relay closure. The pin connections work out OK for a
> > 16C57 but the programming would be alot easier with interrupts.
> >
> > I've only programmed '57s & f84s so far and the ol' f84 would be
> > struggling - you'd have to do heroic things i/t/o multiple functions
> > on single pins.
> >
> > So what would folks recommend as the next chip I should try out? I
> > figure I'll need PORTA (x4), PORTB(x8) & PORTC (x8) + interrupts. It
> > shpould be programmable on the PICSTART+ and MPLAB. Heh .. and readily
> > available for reasonable $$$$!
> >
> > Thanx for advice - 'bout time i moved up in the PIC series I figure.
> >
> > Ian
>
> Try the 16F877 which has extra pins and may make external hardware
> simpler. If you use it in conjunction with a bootloader or an ICD,
> development time will be much reduced.
>
> --
> Best regards
>
> Tony
>
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