The reson I often suggest the 16F690, is becuse it is
part of the "PICkit Starter Kit". You get a programmer, a
nice chip and a set of exemples/courses at the samae time.

Jan-Erik.


Charles Craft wrote 2011-07-25 18:33:
> Typical customer - not giving all details. :-)
> I should have added that a "skinny dip" (like the 16F84) is preferred to
> save space on
> a breadboard or to make PCB layout easier.
>
> The 16F1825/1829 is a real beast in a small package for about a $1.
> The 16F690 looks like a nice step up from the 16f628A in a slightly
> longer package.
>
> Thanks!
>
> On 7/25/2011 11:41 AM, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
>>> I teach a class in Microcontroller development
>>> at the local university and I use the 16F690 because it has a fairly fu=
ll
>>> range of peripherals, but it's also cheap and can be programmed with th=
e
>>> inexpensive PicKit programmer.
>>>
>> I teach such a class too, I use the 18F887 because its is the 'latest,
>> hottest' 40-pin DIP 14-bit (un-enhanced) core chip.
>>
>> John, do you use absolute or relative mode?
>>
>>
>
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