Post by thread:[PIC:] What happend to PIC18F010 and PIC18F020 ?

Hi ! Just found an old press release from Microchip (http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/040901.doc.doc) that talkes about a couple of 8-pin devices using the PIC18 core. Anyone know what happend to them ? They are listed in the device list on the sample site, but when selected, no devices are shown that can be sampled... Jan-Erik.

It is dead. We had the printed datasheet as well back in year 2002. When we moved to the new floor early this year, most of the obsolete paper datasheets were thrown away, including this one. Later they developed the 8-pin 12F629/675 device. I think last year's Master presentation talked about this. Regards, Xiaofan {Original Message removed}

Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote: > Just found an old press release from Microchip > (http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/040901.doc.doc) > that talkes about a couple of 8-pin devices using the PIC18 core. > > Anyone know what happend to them ? This was a dumb idea that finally did get axed years ago, but not before some effort and marketing hype went into it. ***************************************************************** Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com

On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 07:51:00AM -0400, Olin Lathrop wrote: > Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote: > >Just found an old press release from Microchip > >(http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/040901.doc.doc) > >that talkes about a couple of 8-pin devices using the PIC18 core. > > > >Anyone know what happend to them ? > > This was a dumb idea that finally did get axed years ago, but not before > some effort and marketing hype went into it. Out of interest, why do you say it was a dumb idea? Chris

Chris Emerson wrote: > Out of interest, why do you say it was a dumb idea? Most projects that could live with 8 pins didn't need the king of horsepower they were trying to give it. More importantly, most 8 pin projects wouldn't want to bear the cost. ***************************************************************** Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com