Olin Lathrop wrote:
>
> The OP said he was starting out new, so has no existing code to be
> compatible with.  Most of the code out on the net is total crap and uses the
> 16F84, so not being compatible with that is a advantage ;-)
>
>   
I like it.
>> 4. The price difference is significant. The 18F2620 is $7.68 at
>> Digikey in singles.
>>     
>
> But that's a bad place to buy PICs.  Microchip sells the 18F2520-I/SP for
> $3.98 in singles, which is more comparable anyway to even the enhanced 16Fs.
> Then again we're only talking about buying a small number.  Whether the PIC
> costs $4 or $2 is going to get burried in lots of other costs.  The
> difference is probably less than the box you put it in.
>
>
>   
hobbyists buy from Digikey rather than some obscure guy on eBay?

Compared with screen, box, peripherals, postage, time, grief I can see 
no reason for anyone new or unconcerned with volume to use other than 
18F, unless they *REALLY* want less than 18  pins.  18 pins isn't big 
and  when  you  take  off  for power,  and maybe crystal (*reliable 
timing needs a crystal*)  less than 18 pins is not too useful.

A 40 pin DIP 18F4550 is hard to beat for general purpose learning and 
lots of i/o to experiment with. Then maybe smaller ones if needed for 
particular projects. 48MHz from a range of crystals and USB. Similar 
price to obsolete 16F877A, (uChip recommend you buy 16F887 to replace 
16F877As).

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