THANKS! I'll check this chip out. It doesn't take a whole lot to do SPI in
software (lot easier than uart!), so the lack of spi is not serious.

Harold

> The much maligned 18F1320 has 18 pins, an AUSART but unfortunately
> no SPI.  Bear in mind that this is only a 4 MHz chip (as yet; while it is
> spec'ed to be a 40 MHz, the errata and many gray hairs on Olin's head
> can attest to the need to keep the speed below 4 MHz), so if you need
> more speed, you'll need more pins.
>
> Sigh.  I could wish there were more low pin count 18F's.  I'd even like
> to see an 8 pin, but I don't know that the umpf the 16-bit core brings
> would be required too often for projects that only need an 8-pin chip.
>
> Mike H.
>
>>I've also moved most of my stuff to 18F chips, but there's an application
>>I'm working on now where I really don't need very many pins (I'm using
>>external serial peripherals), but I'd like a fair amount of RAM and ROM.
>>The smallest 18F I see is about 28 pins, and I get to pay for those pins
>>whether I use them or not. So, are there any low pin count 18F chips I'm
>>missing? I need at least one UART (two would be nice, but I could bit
>> bang
>>one), an SPI, but no A/D. Seems like 8 I/O lines would do it. Another
>>consideration is I have a C compiler for 18F, but not for 16F. However, I
>>don't want to build a per unit cost into the design just to save the cost
>>of another compiler. I COULD write it in ASM, but C is spoiling me...
>>
>>Harold
>>
>>
>> > Dom wrote...
>> >
>> >>I've finally done it - I ordered some sample 18F442 pics from
>> Microchip
>> >> and
>> >>thought I'd start to move away from the 16F series.
>> >
>> > [...]
>> >
>> >>Does anyone know of any gotchas for moving from 16F to 18F processors
>> ?
>> >> I'm
>> >>sure I'll hit a few in the not too distant future but any advance
>>warning
>> >> of
>> >>what to expect would be appreciated.
>> >
>> > I switched over to the PIC18Fxx2 series for all my hobby stuff
>> > about a year ago; I find them a **LOT** easier to work with.  So
>> > far I haven't encountered any problems with them other than what
>> > is documented in the various errata documents.
>> >
>> > Dave D.
>> >
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