Something as simple as a 12F509 would do the job.  Personally, I have a 
18F2455 that doesn't leave my breadboard.  While not as simple as others 
available and it's complete overkill, it's nice to have nearly 
everything I'd like to play with.  (USB, lots of OSC options, 4x timers, 
3x ext interrupts, ADC, SPI/I2C, UART, etc..)

Also, consider what your programmer is capable of writing too.

The other consideration would be to find a similar project and use the 
same chip they did, especially if their project includes code.  I have a 
number of 16F84As that are no longer used but greatly helped the 
learning process as there are so many projects using that chip.



iikagen wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i am trying to make a propeller clock like display that will display system
> temperatures,etc. of a pc through the rs232 port. i have basic electronic
> knowledge, but am new to pic micro controllers. 
> 
> I am wondering if anyone knows how to program something like this and what
> model pic to use, etc.
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