Am Sonntag, 17. August 2003 20:11 schrieben Sie:
> > Wouter wrote:
> > > And the frustrated beginners who happen to
> > > find the piclist are of course the lucky ones...
> >
> > True. But as soon as they *do* find the Piclist,
> > they only find a lot of wackos saying
> > "skip the 16F84 !" when Elektor (and the net)
> > is full of "new" (?) designs using it...
> >
> > Can't be easy. I know, I'v been one of them...
>
> So you are entitled to an opinion: in which circumstances should a
> beginner be advised to carry on with his precious 16C84-04, and in whic=
h
> circumtances should he immediately burn it while waving a herring? I am
> inclined to advise the latter in almost all cases, but maybe your
> (relatively) fresh experience can give me some arguments for the other
> side?
>
> Wouter van Ooijen
>
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Well, you're damn right (I now see)...
But I think with the 16F84 it's like with the 80C31/51 Microcontroller. V=
ery=20
popular and widely used, but that doesn't mean that it is the best!! :-)
The biggest problem with that is, most programmers you find on the net ar=
e=20
best for the 16f84's, but worth nothing for the other chips.
For example I've found an easy to build programmer for the 16f84 and 16f8=
77,=20
and I thought it would just fit my needs for the MP3 project...

MfG
Do.Pe.

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