> > I would go with the 18F family. Because they're better than 
> the 16F. 
> > :)
> 
> I second this. 

For my PIC class I deliberately selected 14-bit core, because I wanted
the students to taste a realy weird architecture (when you can program
this, you can program anything), and the 14-bit group has more small
chips to choose from for later small projects. I could have choosen
12-bit, but those chips are realy too small (especially the 2-level
stack and no interrupts).

> However and FWIW, if "piquing" their interest is the goal, I 
> found the 8051 architecture easier to work with, from the 
> viewpoint of someone familiar with basic (PC) programming and 
> general processor architecture background. Especially the way 
> a C compiler works is much more similar to the (often more 
> familiar) PC world.

If 'embedded programming' rather than 'pic programming' is the interest
I would go for an ARM chip.

Wouter van Ooijen

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