I really like MPLAB and Microchip, I wanted to get started playing
around w/ microcontrollers and they were kind enough to give me a
decent IDE w/ assembler/simulator, some free sample chips to play
with, and the code for a bootloader so I could get code on my chips at
home (there's a burner at school I used to get the bootloader on the
chip). Guess who I'll go to when I'm working in industry and need a
microcontroller for a project which will ship thousands of units?

~Jake B


On 5/2/05, ThePicMan <thepicman@infinito.it> wrote:
> At 10.16 2005.05.02 -0500, you wrote:
> 
> >>>7. Brand Loyalty ... This last one may not mean much, but Microchip has
> >>>                     been good to me by supplying samples and excellent
> >>>                     support (both H/W and S/W), and for that, they have
> >>>                     earned my loyalty.
> >>
> >>Indeed, but that 4MHz bug of the 18F8720 and 18F1x20 really made me mad..
> >>I bought more than 100 of each.. now what do I do with them???
> >>
> >>"Workaround: run them at 4MHz".. INGENIOUS!
> >
> >
> >Have you contacted Microchip or a distributor (ie Arrow) to see about
> exchanging A3 parts for A4 or higher revision parts?
> 
> I originally bought them off an eBay auction.
> Moreover, to save space they are packed in a quite artigianal way (some,
> truly few, may have bent pins).
> 
> Q: Should I still contact Microchip? :P
> 
> 
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