What's the consensus on the 17 series? I have so far got the impression that
they're a bit of an ugly-duckling, an accidental child, and that 16 was
middle of the road, 17 was hush-hush we're embarrassed, and 18 is the high
perf. beast.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olin Lathrop [mailto:olin_piclist@EMBEDINC.COM]
> Sent: 22 October 2003 12:11
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [PIC]: RB change ISR
>
>
> WH Tan wrote:
> > I have in hand some 18F458 chips. It would be a pressure to play
> > around with those 18 series. Anyway I feel is still not the
> time for
> > the beginner like me. I only will start 18F when I get
> familiar with
> > 16F series.
>
> If you're a beginner and doing this for a hobby or other low
> volume use, I would start with the 18F series and not look
> back.  Many of the beginner pitfalls of the 16 series have
> been reduced or eliminated.  For example, you can pretty much
> ignore paging on the 18 series, and banking is easier to deal with.
>
> As general hobby PICs, I recommend the 18F252 for a 28 pin
> device, and the 18F452 for a 40 pin device.  I wouldn't touch
> the others unless you need their specific features.  For
> example, I wouldn't use a 18F458 unless I was trying to do CAN.
>
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