At 06:20 AM 8/06/2007, you wrote:
>What do the AVR people recommend as good AVR parts to stock for 
>hobby projects?

Well you have the Tiny series that start with 8 pins (something like 
the Tiny13)
and the largest in that series is the Tiny2313 which is roughly 
equivalent to the
16F628...but a lot better :)

In 28 pin size you can get the Mega48/88/168 which is an excellent range
starting at 4k of flash and 512 ram and EEPROM.

Then you have the 40 pin range like the Mega8535 etc. this particular
type has an upward range of chips that are also pin compatible like the
Mega16 and Mega32, the newer range of pin compatibles is the Mega164/324/644.

You may want to start with the Mega48/88/168 range, Digikey has a special at
the moment of a Dragon and an STK500 for about $50.00 which will allow you to
build your project (STK500) and do in circuit debugging with the Dragon.

Regards

John Samperi

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