My $.02:
First:
Read over the 18FXXX, 16F87X & 16F627/8 data sheets.
See how familiar you are with what's expressed there.
Determine what your short-term and long-term goals are with uC's - you know,
what you hope to accomplish.

Then, re-post your question with some personal backgound info, such as your
level of programming experience & type, level of understanding of digital
and analog electronics, and how much you enjoy math problems.

I believe you'll find that which chip you start with is a LSQ
(least-significant-question).
Then you will be able to start tackling high-vs low level language and
programmer hardware choices as well as some other gems......before selecting
the first chip to play with.

Then it's a matter of the issues which all the previous responses pointed at
being satisfied.

Now that I've said that,
I hope you'll get into PIC Assembly and will learn the RISC & importance of
understanding the chip architectures. This kind of understanding is far more
important an investment than chip choices right now. The 18F's will make the
going a bit easier to understand. You'll see why the first time you go back
to work with an F84 . Spend the extra couple of bucks, it's worth it.


BTW, there really isn't any "chatter" on this list, is there?

c


& ps:

Does anyone know where the old list etiquette text is these days? I have
tried to show it to a few folks, but just can't seem to find it...


> As a newbee, I am wondering which chip I should start with???
> The pic page
> says to start with the 16F, some chatter on here indicates
> another chip has
> more capabilities and sells for less.
>
> Can anyone give me some guidance here???

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