On Sat, 2014-11-15 at 08:44 +1300, IVP wrote:

> The F87 is already a pretty good jellybean micro.

Before the enhanced 16F's, the 87/88 was top of the line for 18 pin
16Fs.  Besides the most memory, most EEPROM, and pretty much all the
peripherals, it has power saving features that aren't in a lot of the
16Fs.

But everyone has been asking the right questions ... do you want a pin
for pin drop in?  How much software work are you willing to do?  Does
another part have some capability you would use?  Some of the newer
parts have some pretty cool peripherals, but if you can't use them then
they don't matter.

And Joe asks about another family.  The 18Fs are a little easier to work
with than the 16Fs, but the 16 and 32 bit parts take that to a whole new
level.  And if you can deal with 3 volts, some of the PIC24s are cheap
even compared to the PIC16s.  Unfortunately, if you need 5 volts the
dsPIC30 series is the only choice, and they tend to be a little pricey,
although not so much of an issue for small quantities, and the ease of
development is miles better than the 8 bit parts.

Soooo, look to your application for answers.

--McD



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