Take a look at
http://www.ti.com/tool/msp-exp430g2#Technical Documents
Two chips and a development board(simple) for $4.30. However, I ordered=20
a coupe in September I have not seen yet.
I will order a couple more.

On 12/25/2012 11:30 PM, veegee wrote:
> I've heard it numerous times from various people that the MSP430 (I know =
Bob Blick loves them) is "better" than the PIC, but I still can't understan=
d why.
>
> For the same or similar price of a comparable MSP430, I can get many more=
 features in a PIC, *much* more flash and SRAM, lots of DIP package options=
 (essential for me), and availability in hobby quantities. All of this for =
a very reasonable total price, straight from Microchip Direct.
>
> As far as I know, TI doesn't sell directly, and I always end up going to =
Mouser for anything TI. Also can't find any decently-sized MSP430 in a DIP =
package.
>
> The only thing that would make PIC development perfect is a good open sou=
rce PIC18 compiler. SDCC is okay, but nowhere near as good as the HITECH (n=
ow Microchip) PIC18 compiler which produces shockingly compact and optimize=
d code.
>
> But now that LLVM seems to have picked up, maybe I'll write a 8 & 16 bit =
PIC compiler using it...

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