William "Chops" Westfield wrote:
> On Apr 14, 2010, at 1:09 AM, Michael Watterson wrote:
>
>   
>> I can't see any point to dspPIC, 24F, 32F, I'd rather go for a JTAG
>> programmed ARM. An Mbed might be an introduction.
>>     
>
> 28pin DIP !
>
> BillW
>
>   
But they only have PIC in the name :-)  10, 12, 16 & 18F are *really* 
PIC, related assembler and supported by JAL. When the OP suggested 
learning PIC, Was he thinking of 16bit Microchip or MIPS core 32bit 
Microchip?  If you widen to dspPIC, 24F etc, you might as well consider 
8051, 68HCxxx,  ATmega/VAR etc...

How much support in articles etc is there for dspPIC, 24F and 32F 
compared to 16F/18F 8 bit core family?
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