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Subject: Re: [PIC] pricing on oldies and the future of the 18 pin PIC
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A long time ago at Microchip seminar, the Microchip rep doing the=20
presentation said that they never discontinue parts.  One of the=20
attendees pointed out that prices were going up on older parts and the=20
Mchip rep agreed/admitted that yes they do that in order to push people=20
towards the new parts.  And paraphrasing, something to the effect of=20
"... so if you have an older design that you can't easily migrate, but=20
willing to pay the price..."

Cheers,
-Neil.



On 2/17/2020 8:34 PM, Chuck Olson wrote:
> I ordered some 16F627a 18 pin DIPs recently, noticed that the prices
> had increased and that no discount was offered by either Digikey or
> Mouser for quantity purchases.
>
> Noticed this was also true for the 12F629 8 pin DIP.
>
> I suspect this is Microchip's way of goading me into using newer parts
> but as I recall I did try looking at something newer like the 18 pin
> 16F1827 but I couldn't configure the comparator to work with the
> board.
>
> So, if I did have to change the board anyway for a cheaper part,
> should I just ditch the 18 pin parts and go to 20 pin parts - are the
> 18 pin'ers the less favored child ?
>

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