>The real reason for asking is these seem to be the
>only parts that have dual UART's in them.  I could go
>and use an FPGA and put a couple of cores in them (but
>found out on another project they really don't emulate
>a standard UART).

The 30F pics are the smallest with dual uarts. There are a couple of top end
18F ones with dual uarts, but they come in 64 or 80 QFP packages IIRC, which
may make the 30F ones more desirable from the development point of view if
it is a hobby project.

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