> Quickly browsed through microchips's website and i think the 18F242 or
> 18F252 would be perfect...

For hobby use I would not get the 18F242.  It is the same as the 252 except
it has less program and data memory.  The slight cost savings can be
meaningful in production quantities, but is not worth the loss in
flexibility when you are only buying 5 of them.


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