John J. McDonough wrote: > If you are on a program of learning the PIC, I would suggest buying a > 16F84 and a 16F628. I don't agree with this philosophy, but that's been beat to death many times here before. However if you do go this route, at least use a 16F648A or 16F88 instead of the obsolete 16F628. For low volume projects, it doesn't make sense to save a few pennies for the slightly cheaper part with less memory. Also, if you want a 16F part with 40 pins, get the 16F877A instead of the obsoleted (for new designs at least) 16F877. ****************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, (978) 742-9014. #1 PIC consultant in 2004 program year. http://www.embedinc.com/products -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist