Hard to go wrong with the 16F88.
Sparkfun.com has a nice bootloader, so you can program it
with a serial port. Once, the bootloader is programmed,
ofcourse.
Check out www.glitchbuster.com for good prices and cheap
shipping.

Have fun,
Kevin

On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 wb0poq@visi.com wrote:

>
> Hi gang,
>   I'm a bit new to the PIC world and have been reading this list for some time
> now.  Seems like lots of good answers can be found from this group, so here's
> mine.  ;)
>   I want to order a few PICs to play with.  I have already done a fair amount
> with the 16F84(A), but would like to move on to some chips with more program
> memory, ADC, etc.  For now I also want to stay with a DIP style package.
> Perusing the Microchip site, brings up ~90 chips that look like they meet my
> broad specs (too much of a good thing).  Any suggestions to help narrow my
> choices?
>  Thanks for any insights!
>
> Bob L.
>
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