At 11:54 AM 11/14/2014, you wrote:
>I should have said obsolescent rather than obsolete - not recommended for
>new designs.

Not to pick on you or anything but does anything *from Microchip* actually
say it's "not recommended for new designs"? I don't see anything and it
shows up in their selection guide as a full production part.

Note that your distributor dropped the DIP part but not the SMT-packaged
PIC16F87, which is probably a sign of the times. As long as the die is stil=
l
being made in volume the DIP part will probably still be available, at leas=
t
from Microchip, but almost everyone should be using SMT on new designs
these days.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany =20

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