> Would you recommend some cheaper chips that would be
> good to learn on?

"cheaper" really depends on what you can get. That goes for
most components, not just PICs. I can buy F84s or F628s
at retail level in one-off quantities, but they aren't as cheap per
IC as buying a whole tube at trade. Of course you have to
stump up for a whole tube, so there's that outlay

I'd suggest the 12F675, 16F88 (or 628) and 18F1220/1320

You should download the pdfs for those from www.microchip.com
and see if their features are what you're looking for. Although I
guess at this stage you probably don't know that. Others will
have their opinions about what's a good starter chip. I just
selected a cheapish one from each family that has a reasonable
number of features. You could spend many weeks on any of
the above so I don't think it too important which one you start
with


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