Hi Wouter,

> Im not sure why, but the 818/819 are still mentioned as 'future poduct'
> at the uChip site, yet I could buy them from my supplier without much
> delay.

Thanks for your help. It happens often. I remember desperately waiting
for the 12F675 for over a year - keeping an eye on the web site - then
all of a sudden the list starts buzzing about them and I realise they
were released some time before that - yet the web still said "Future
Product" for some time!

> If you want a few: I sell them at
> http://www.voti.nl/shop/products.html. If you want a lot you'd better
> contact your regular supplier.

Thanks. I might take you up on that. What about freight downunder? I'll
contact you further offlist when this project comes to fruition.

> My Wisp628 does program these chips (of
> course the protocol is slightly diffrenet rom previous chips - you can
> trust uChip to do so), but I occasionaly have problems when /MCLR is
> configured as Input pin.

OK - Good to know - thanks. Is this a "known (acknowledged) issue" ?
>
> BTW one drawback compared to a 628: no UART.

Cool. Thanks for that, but did the I2C make it into the Final Cut?

>  And note that the default
> internal frequency is 32 kHz, but the program itself (!) can switch it
> (up to 8 MHz!).

Hmmm - Interesting. So when running on the default INTRC - is it
running in "LP mode"?

Can I design to the data sheet on the web - with the above items you've
pointed out?

Cheers,

Sean

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