Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

> Does anyone know when the 16x84 (or 83) was first available?

Hi Wouter,

If I remember correctly, the PIC16C83 was released *after* the PIC16C84 came
out, not before. I'm sure someone will correct me on this if I don't have my
facts straight.

This does not directly answer your question, but the oldest PIC16C84 MCUs in
my PIC antique collection I have are marked 9411 (11th week of 1994). This
does not mean that this date is when the first production parts were
released however -- it could have been much earlier in time. In addition,
these are not engineering samples -- engineering samples would have been
released before production parts. Unfortunately, I do not have engineering
samples (ES) of the PIC16C84 to check their dates.

Have you checked the Microchip press release archives on their web site?
It's a great and fun place to look through the history of Microchip.

Best regards,

Ken Pergola


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