> 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.

The 17 series actually predates the 16 series.  Microchip found it
overshot the mark, and the 16 series was accepted much better by
customers.  The 16 series is now the low end.  Even the newer "12F" parts
are really misnamed 16F parts in an 8 pin package.  The current high end,
soon to be midrange is the 18 series.  The 30 series (dsPIC) will soon be
the high end.

I've only used a 17 PIC a few times.  Each time to get two hardware UARTs
in a single package before this was available from an 18 PIC.


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