Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
> Maybe
> because for a hobbyist (large part of my customers) the 'clumsyness'
> of a DIP40 does not matter much,

That's surprising to me.  When I'm building a one-off I'm working a lot as a
hobbyist.  I just don't like the physically big parts.

> and the price difference between 28
> and 40 pin parts is small (so why pay almost the same for less pins?).

The price of a PIC for one-offs doesn't matter much anyway.  The same
argument goes for why not pay a little extra for a 28 pin part versus a 18
pin part.  How often does that extra little space saving matter on a hand
built design anyway?


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