Microchip recently released a number of parts and they are all available in
DIP case. I would think that they wouldn't even bother to make them if they
are going to stop making it any time soon.

Mauricio Jancic
Janso Desarrollos
www.janso.com.ar
info@janso.com.ar
(54) 11-4542-3519
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu 
> [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of M. Adam Davis
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 10:52 AM
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: A Rumor ABout PIC16F's
> 
> Perhaps he read one obsolete part notice incorrectly and extrapolated
> it to the entire line.   They can be quite confusing if you're not
> used to them and only skim.
> 
> Or maybe he knows something we don't know.  But if you can't 
> find something he says in on the website, I would recommend 
> you treat the rest of his statement with appropiate skepticism.
> 
> -Adam
> 
> On 7/16/06, Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> wrote:
> >         I was at a ham fest flea market event yesterday and a guy 
> > selling parts who didn't have anything in particular to gain from 
> > stating this said that all the PIC 16F's were all going 
> away and all 
> > that would be left were surface mount devices.  He said, "It's on 
> > their web site,"
> >
> >         I looked briefly at the Microchip web site today and didn't 
> > see anything right off but I also didn't dig very deeply either.
> >
> >         If any PIC's are going away, does anybody know 
> which ones?  Is 
> > the DIP package going extinct soon?  This will be a major pain for 
> > those of us who like to breadboard wire-wrap projects.
> >
> > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK Systems Engineer OSU 
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