> Given that the selection of the mid-range PIC is not going to 
> change and 
> remembering that this is an introductory course (no more than 
> 16 weeks, 3-4 
> hours per week, including lab time), which mid-range PIC 
> would you selct, 
> and why?

Take a cheap chip, number of pins as you like. For instance 16F887.

Prepare some 'magic code' that turns off all peripherals, and explain
the chip as you would explain an F84 (and for a start, leave out the
paging and banking too). 

Then gradually, as time permits, explain paging, banking, UART, ADC,
etc.

(I do a PIC course for 2y informatics students, check
http://www.voti.nl/hvu/2PROJ5/index.html - ducth only).

Wouter van Ooijen

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