Re: [pic] select a chip and programmer... by Byron A Jeff .

On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 06:18:26PM -0800, kravnus wolf wrote: > >From the number of web-sites that use 16F84, I believe > it is the best MCU to start with. I firmly disagree. I even wrote a page on the subject: http://www.finitesite.com/d3jsys/16F88.html > Soon, you would want to change to a PIC which more features like timer and > etc. 16F873 is quite a good chip to move to. I have problems with the stairstep learning technique. Much 16F84 code is twisted precisely because it doesn't have the facilities or memory to do jobs adequately. A hobbyist should start off with the more featureful chip and learn how to use those features. > For a > programmer > I would recommend PICStart +. The programmer is stable > and it always get updates from Microchip. pickit 2 is a better value. BAJ