solarwind wrote:
> 18F2620 - $5
>
> 16F886 - $2
>
> For simple one off projects, I'd rather buy a handful of 886s.

Then you'll need to get different PICs for other projects, and you'll have
to deal with the different banking and paging architecture of the 14 bit
core.  Also, most projects are going to cost a lot more than $3, so the
difference in the price of the single PIC is going to be noise much of the
time.

> Starts adding up - but only if you're a student and on a budget like
> I am.

Exactly.


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