> The only one I can think of doesn't apply to QuickProto. That is the > internal oscillator and other nanopower facilities. The 16F88 has them > and the 16F876A doesn't. In fact are there any 16F family parts in the 28 > and 40 pin form factors that have the same peripheral set as the 16F876/77A > but also include the nanopower tools? I've ended up getting some samples of a couple of the 16F88x line (the 6 and the 7), since this appears to be a 16F87x with nanopower/intosc and a few enhancements (it's just more modern so it has the more modern "cores" on it). As far as I can tell all you loose is the PSP, which I've never used. The 16F91x line appears to trade some of the F88x features for a LCD driver - but since I don't anticipate driving a LCD directly, the 'F88x's are what I figure will work for me. I might add a F91x part or two to some real order sometime just to have one around later. Although for me the 40 pin devices aren't as big of a pain, I have rethought my approach on the low pin count end and just did the 28 and 40 pin devices for "zero-off" and proto work. As long as I ignore the pins which won't be on my target 'proc,. I can then use either the 28 pin devices as a stand-in for any of the low-pin count devices (while not eating the width which is a point well taken), and then the 40 pin devices when I think that the pin count might get close to the 28 pin devices. The other thing I thought hard about is the whole 16F vs 18F vs 30F thing (and should I just standardize on say the 18F or 30F line and forget the lower end products). Generally larger products I'm stuck with the 18f*j60's since I'm typically going to want them ethernet manageable. For the smaller devices, cost is a very large object, and the really cheap PIC's aren't 18F's, and definately not 30F's, so I figure I still need to keep the 16F's around. The 30F* family isn't usable to me until I end up with a C compiler toolchain which will do the 30F* parts. I'm currently a CCS user (which I'm not sure if I'm happy about or not), and the 30F line doesn't seem supported yet. Because of this, I ended up inserting a sample order for a 16F886 and a '887, and then on the 18F line, an 18LF2620 and a 18LF4620. I've got a project which I'm working on that the '887's will be played with almost immediately, and if I like, they'll probably be a tube ordered. -forrest -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist