In message <3e0a4bc4040624062669da6550@mail.gmail.com> Josh Koffman wrote: > I don't know about others, but I got into the PIC because of the NOPP > programmer article by Michael Covington I started after reading the EPE (Everyday Practical Electronics) "PIC Tutorial". My first PIC was a 16C84 - I later bought another three of them. I think I've still got one left - one is in an IR receiver, the one got binned after the program memory went bad. Now I've got a WISP628 and I'm using PIC16F628s and PIC18F252s. At some point I really should get a PIC18F452 in DIP format, but I'm in no mad rush. Again, an ICD would be nice, but my budget for tools and testgear got spent on a second-hand logic analyser. BTW, if there's anyone here with about 50MB of spare webspace, I've got copies of all the files that Agilent used to have on their FTP site relating to the 165xy (as in 1650A/B, 1651A/B, 1653A/B) analysers. Yes, even the Inverse Assembler toolkit :) > The chips are easy to program for (well, > in my mind anyways), and readily available. And not too expensive either. > Of course, I'm sure others have differing reasons :) Not really. I like the instruction set - it's easy enough to memorise. The chips tend to be quite power-efficient, too, which is nice for battery based designs. > A common mistake that people make when trying to design something > completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete > fools. > -Douglas Adams Too true... Later. -- Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB, philpem@dsl.pipex.com | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice, http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI ... Get your grubby hands off my tagline! I stole it first! -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu