gnupic: Re: [gnupic] What's the PIC-chip type supply status ?
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] What's the PIC-chip type supply status ?
From:
Byron Jeff ####@####.####
Date:
30 Jul 2008 12:26:40 -0000
Message-Id: <20080730082809.GA3303@clayton.edu>
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 08:00:00PM -0400, Chris Glur wrote:
> Originally I thought PIC's minimal DIL package idea was great.
> Later it seemed that they were morphing a wheelbarrow to a
> locomotive, with eg. their 32-bit 'version'.
>
> Now I want to look at the 16C84 again.
> Is this chip still expeted to be supplied for some years?
I think that you may have rolled the wheel a bit back too far.
Might I suggest you compromise and settle on the 16F88. It comes in the
same 18 pin DIP package, but contains enough memory and a bunch of useful
peripherals that can unload the code and management hassles of trying to
get multiple things done at once. And it's cheaper than the 16C84/16F84.
There's more discussion of this subject on my page here:
http://www.finitesite.com/d3jsys/16F88.html
BAJ
