On Sun, 2007-01-28 at 17:17 -0700, Forrest W. Christian wrote:
> Herbert Graf wrote:
> 
> > I personally have gone with the 30F series. They are a pleasure to 
> > work with since you rarely have to worry about resources. The run at 
> > 3.3V without getting a "special" part and they can be fast.
> 
> I'm not quite sure I'm ready to step up to the 30F's, but a lot of the 
> more specialized projects are using things like the PIC18F97J60 and the 
> like, so I'm starting to wonder if I should simply move towards the 
> PIC18F line for all of this work since it doesn't seem to make much cost 
> difference.

What's the step? Yes, if you program in only assembly then the 30F parts
are more complex simply because there are more op codes to learn.

If however you're using an HLL there is no "step". The 30F parts can be
treated as just another PIC, just bigger, faster and less "quirky". Yes,
there are more peripherals then most smaller PICs but so what, assuming
you have previous PIC experience there is nothing really new here, just
more.

Alot of people think the 30F takes a large amount of work to get going
with, that it's a completely different kind of PIC, so different it's
the same amount of work as switching to say an AVR. I say that if you're
familiar with an 8bit PIC, the 30F parts will feel right at home to you.
TTYL

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