> I ordered a set of chips over a month ago. They still haven't been shipped.

The same will probably happen to me.


> Understood. However the similarities of all the parts in this family is what
> binds them together. At the low end they are pretty much interchangable.
> I always suggest to hobbyist to start with the most featured chip and then
> work their way down. That gives the opportunity to see all the cool features.

I need to learn how to use these features. I consider myself to be lucky
that my 16F84A will actually turn LEDs on. In fact, I'm congratulating
myself for it.

>
> Nigel Goodwin's Winpicprg tutorial suite is pretty good about showing the
> capabilities of the more featured members of the 16F family. They are based
> around the 16F628, the 16F876, and the 16F877. It's still not as up to date
> as the latest chips, especially the ones with nanowatt capability. But it's
> quite an advance over the 16F84. You can find it here:
>
> http://www.winpicprog.co.uk/pic_tutorial.htm

I've bookmarked it. Thanks for pointing me to that because I can use the
tutorials. Do you happen to know any with photos that show how to use a
digital multimeter?

I'll resume my big project tomorrow morning (Eastern time) -- building a
ZIF socket-based 'PIC on a board' (as described by Benson) using that
Datak protoboard. Since my socket is 40 pins maybe I should pay
attention to wiring it to be compatible with the newer PICs you are
pointing me to.

--
Bob Cochran
Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
http://greenbeltcomputer.biz/

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