On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Steve Rapinchuk wrote: > Anyone had a chance to check out this announcement from Microchip? > http://www.microchip.com/enhanced > > I'm curious how the price of a PIC16F1936 will compare to a > PIC18F2321 ($1.96 volume pricing), as the performance enhancements > make the two fairly equal when running on the internal oscillator (32MHz). > I think it is good that Microchip still invests on the PIC16F family. The speed bump (8MIPS), 5V operation and memory boost all help the user. However, banking is still there. If you do not need 5V operation, you should look at PIC18J and 18K family. Using the Microchip published volume pricing as the benchmark: PIC18F2321: US$1.96 8KB Flash, 512B RAM, 256B EEPROM PIC18F24J10: US$1.38 16KB Flash, 1K RAM, no EEPROM PIC18F24K20: US$1.44 16KB Flash, 768B RAM, 256B EEPROM I tend to believe PIC16F1936 will not be cheaper than PIC18J and PIC18K because of the 5V feature (-->older generation of CMOS process). Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist