I don't know about others, but I got into the PIC because of the NOPP
programmer article by Michael Covington (Popular Electronics, or one
of the sister publications). Making the programmer was cheap, and it
opened up a whole new world. The chips are easy to program for (well,
in my mind anyways), and readily available. Programmer hardware is
abundant, as is sample code.

I've worked with the SX and recently, the PSoC, and I continually wish
for a place like the excellent http://www.piclist.com website with
sample code, tips, tricks, etc.

Of course, I'm sure others have differing reasons :)

Josh
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On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:20:37 +0100, Mike Harrison <mike@whitewing.co.uk> wrote:
> >Why is the PIC uC so popular?

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