> Microchip's 10F322 is, in my opinion, one of the nicest little PICs
> that I've ever worked with.  Yeah - it has only 1- input-only and 3-
> i/o pins but it has a LOT of really neat features in that little
> package.  I've actually written Microchip and asked them to do two
> things: 1) Release an 8-pin (6-i/o) version; and 2) Add a comparator.

They already have, its known as a 12F15xx series chip ...

> I'd be even happier if they released a 10-pin version with all 8 i/o
> pins made available <grin>.

They already have, it's the 16F15xx series chips (there are about 4 of them=
 so far).

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> The really cool thing about this chip is that it has absolutely NO RAM
> paging whatsoever.  The first 64 locations in the RAM map are the
> special function registers (ALL of them) and the last 64 locations are
> user RAM.  It also has some the niceties of the newer PICs - including
> a LAT register for the port pins.
>=20
> I would be using these parts by the tens of thousands if only they had
> a comparator.

Not sure if the 1x15xx have a comparator. I haven't had occasion to look at=
 that bit of the data sheet.

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