"Adam Field" wrote:
> I started with 16F628A and have used the 16F690, 16F877A and 16F876A
> parts since then. I like the lower cost of the 16F series because I'd
> hate to smoke a costly (comparatively) 18F part during prototyping.

How often does that happen?


> Also, it bothers me to think of seemingly wasting a higher end part
> for some of the simple things I've designed and built (clocks,
> temperature gauges, remote control decoders).

If you spend more than an hour of your time on a project, it's likely that 
the "niceness" of a higher end architecture will justify the extra cost.

There are, of course, other factors: for example, you may already own and be 
very familiar with the 16F tool chain. In this case, the extra expense of 
switching to a different architecture may not be worth it.

However, IMHO suggesting that a person new to PICs start with an 16F, is 
doing them a bad service.


Vitaliy 

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