On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 09:50:46AM -0800, Andre Abelian wrote: > Why F877 use 18cxxx has more power 32 level stack and > Lot more I started using 18c242 I love it. Some problems which I think has been address in this thread. 1) Not enough pins. He'd have to step up to an 18C442 2) Not internally bootloadable. 3) Development environment? BAJ > > Andre Abelian > > > > > > > > Hi all > > We are all great fans of the pic, I'm trying to use the > > PIC16F877 for a > > project, my boss is forcing me to use 8051, I need 30 I/O lines > > including 2 serial ports and eeprom space where my F877 fits > > perfectly. > > I searched through most of the 8051 family but couldn't do it with a > > single chip. > > He argues that the pic has awkward architecture with small memory map > > and poor support for compilers. Looking at the F877 I think it's the > > opposite, it has large memory and a great architecture and lots of > > peripherals and 2 fast, there are also lots of good compilers around. > > Any suggestions, comments, feedback welcome. > > thanx > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body