On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 03:56:25PM +0100, wouter van ooijen & floortje hanneman wrote:
> > I want to start working with PIC,I heared that the PIC16f84 is the best
>
> Outdated info!

Agreed.

> Choose either 16F877 or (penny wise, pound foolish) 16F628.

Interesting comment. I cannot see the downside of the 16F628 when compared to
the 16F84/84A. It has a lot more capability in the same form factor at a
significantly cheaper price ($6.00 vs. $3.88 US according to DigiKey)

I think that the 16F877/16F628 debate depends on the task. You can definitely
be penny wise for a small project, where speed nor timer accuracy are not
critical. I've even worked out a ICSP extension to my Trivial LVP programmer
so that the target can be programmed and run in place. I haven't had a chance
to draw it up and post it yet though. The programmer can be found here:

http://www.finitesite.com/d3jsys

> And for the best compiler, if we would agree on that there would be only
> one....

That being said, Wouter is somewhat remiss by not mentioning JAL:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~wf/wouter/pic/jal

which is Wouter's cool little language for programming Microcontrollers.
It has an extensive library of tools from bitbanging serial to controlling
LCD displays. If you don't have 'C' attached at the hip, it's worth checking
out.

My language, NPCI, is a developing work in progress. You can check out the
language overview on my PIC page listed above.

BAJ

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