Post by thread:[PIC]: Cheapest PIC ??

Hi, someone mentioned the cheapest PIC chip here a few weeks back. I need to choose a chip that's very cost conscious, I need 11 in/out pins, and minimum 512 words program memory. 1k word would be better. 12-core is fine with no interrupts, as is 4MHz RC osc. No frills needed! Maybe a 16C54 ?? Any suggestions? Pref something that is very cheap AND easy to source, I hate 6 week lead times with every order. :o) Thanks! -Roman -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Roman: Look at the PIC16C505. Has an internal RC osc. 12 IO pins and is ISCP friendly. Also has 1K of memory with 72 bytes of RAM. You can get them from digikey for: Quantity Unit Price (US Dollars) 1 2.05 25 1.26 100 1.22 1000 1.19 Hope this helps!! Best regards, Steve Steven Kosmerchock Radio Frequency Systems Phoenix, Arizona USA (WORK) http://www.rfsamericas.com http://www.geocities.com/researchtriangle/lab/6584 "Great spirits have always encountered violent oppposition from mediocre minds."--A.Einstein {Original Message removed}

16C505 will be cheaper, and also has the internal RC osc On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 22:38:01 +1000, you wrote: {Quote hidden}>Hi, someone mentioned the cheapest PIC chip >here a few weeks back. I need to choose a >chip that's very cost conscious, I need >11 in/out pins, and minimum 512 words program >memory. 1k word would be better. >12-core is fine with no interrupts, as is >4MHz RC osc. No frills needed! > >Maybe a 16C54 ?? > >Any suggestions? Pref something that is very >cheap AND easy to source, I hate 6 week lead >times with every order. :o) >Thanks! >-Roman -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Thanks Steve! That would do the job fine! I will check it out. Didn't somone mention a PIC that was 50c US in large quantities? :o) -Roman Kosmerchock, Steve wrote: {Quote hidden}> Look at the PIC16C505. Has an internal RC osc. > 12 IO pins and is ISCP friendly. Also has 1K of > memory with 72 bytes of RAM. You can get them > from digikey for: > > Quantity Unit Price (US Dollars) > 1 2.05 > 25 1.26 > 100 1.22 > 1000 1.19 > > Hope this helps!! > {Original Message removed}

Roman: That was the 16C505. But you have to buy a VERY large amount. Probably around 100K. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Roman Black [spam_OUTfastvidTakeThisOuTEZY.NET.AU] Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 7:48 AM To: .....PICLISTKILLspam@spam@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [PIC]: Cheapest PIC ?? Thanks Steve! That would do the job fine! I will check it out. Didn't somone mention a PIC that was 50c US in large quantities? :o) -Roman Kosmerchock, Steve wrote: {Quote hidden}> Look at the PIC16C505. Has an internal RC osc. > 12 IO pins and is ISCP friendly. Also has 1K of > memory with 72 bytes of RAM. You can get them > from digikey for: > > Quantity Unit Price (US Dollars) > 1 2.05 > 25 1.26 > 100 1.22 > 1000 1.19 > > Hope this helps!! > -----Original Message----- > From: Roman Black [fastvidKILLspamEZY.NET.AU] > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 5:38 AM > To: .....PICLISTKILLspam.....MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: [PIC]: Cheapest PIC ?? > > Hi, someone mentioned the cheapest PIC chip > here a few weeks back. I need to choose a > chip that's very cost conscious, I need > 11 in/out pins, and minimum 512 words program > memory. 1k word would be better. > 12-core is fine with no interrupts, as is > 4MHz RC osc. No frills needed! > > Maybe a 16C54 ?? > > Any suggestions? Pref something that is very > cheap AND easy to source, I hate 6 week lead > times with every order. :o) > Thanks! > -Roman > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Kosmerchock, Steve wrote: > > Roman: > That was the 16C505. But you have to buy a VERY large amount. > Probably around 100K. Thanks everyone! So the 16C505 is the cheapest PIC with more than 8 pins huh. Since Microchips lame website doesn't have prices does anyone know the trade (Arrow?) price for 500 quantity of the 16C505?? Steve mentioned around $1.20 from Digikey. We don't have digikey here. -Roman -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Roman: Arrow states (on website): Pricing: 1-999,999,999 $1.48 (US) Best of luck!! Steve Steven Kosmerchock Radio Frequency Systems Phoenix, Arizona USA (WORK) http://www.rfsamericas.com http://www.geocities.com/researchtriangle/lab/6584 "Great spirits have always encountered violent oppposition from mediocre minds."--A.Einstein -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Kosmerchock, Steve wrote: > > Roman: > > Arrow states (on website): > Pricing: 1-999,999,999 $1.48 (US) > > Best of luck!! > > Steve Thanks Steve! I appreciate your help. Tomorrow here is a public holiday, on Thursday i'l contact arrow and see what the deal is. Never seen them not do sliding scale on a pic price before! :o) -Roman -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

> Thanks Steve! That would do the job fine! > I will check it out. Didn't somone mention > a PIC that was 50c US in large quantities? That would be the 12C508A. It is an 8 pin part and has a maximum of 6 I/O lines. Also, it doesn't get down to $.50 except for LARGE quantities. Still, it's the cheapest PIC there is, even if it might cost $.75 in medium quantities. I've used this PIC as a watchdog, a morse code tone generator, a stepper motor controller, and a brushless DC motor controller. ******************************************************************** Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Littleton Massachusetts (978) 742-9014, EraseMEolinspam_OUTTakeThisOuTembedinc.com, http://www.embedinc.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Roman, Arrow lists all prices on their website this way. It's annoying as hell, I think. What you get is the single piece price -- if you want the *real* volume pricing you must contact them directly. Matt Pobursky Maximum Performance Systems On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 01:23:31 +1000, Roman Black wrote: {Quote hidden}>Kosmerchock, Steve wrote: >> >> Roman: >> >> Arrow states (on website): >> Pricing: 1-999,999,999 $1.48 (US) >> >> Best of luck!! >> >> Steve > > >Thanks Steve! I appreciate your help. >Tomorrow here is a public holiday, on >Thursday i'l contact arrow and see what the >deal is. > >Never seen them not do sliding scale on >a pic price before! :o) >-Roman > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

> We don't have digikey here. > -Roman Sure you do. They are one of the better online component sources for we upside- down folks. They have better freight rates than many US suppliers. They are like Farnell in that it pays to check their prices. Many times they are expensive but on some items they are better than the local folks including the freight overhead. In quantities of say 20- 500, Farnell are the best priced source of all the PICs I use. Well, they were - I haven't checked all of them in the new catalogue. They're ex-stock (or a few days) as well. Farnell 100 up prices (US$) 12C508 $1.16 16C505 $1.77 Steve. ====================================================== Steve Baldwin Electronic Product Design TLA Microsystems Ltd Microcontroller Specialists PO Box 15-680, New Lynn http://www.tla.co.nz Auckland, New Zealand ph +64 9 820-2221 email: stevebspam_OUTtla.co.nz fax +64 9 820-1929 ====================================================== -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Matt Pobursky wrote: > > Roman, > > Arrow lists all prices on their website this way. It's annoying as hell, I > think. What you get is the single piece price -- if you want the *real* volume > pricing you must contact them directly. > > Matt Pobursky Thanks Matt. Well that is good news, normally we find that their 500 unit price is a good 30% to 40% off the single price, so if they quote $1.48 for singles that might be around $1.10 for quantity. That would be cheaper than the Digikey price Steve mentioned. :o) -Roman -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email @spam@listservKILLspammitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

> Thanks Matt. Well that is good news, normally > we find that their 500 unit price is a good 30% > to 40% off the single price, so if they quote > $1.48 for singles that might be around $1.10 > for quantity. That would be cheaper than the > Digikey price Steve mentioned. :o) Those prices I quoted were Farnell prices converted to US$ for comparison. A quick search shows the 12C508 listed as $0.94 at Digikey (qty 100) and $0.87 at Newark (with a note that restrictions apply). Digikey have the 16C505 at $1.19 (qty 1k) and Future at $1.06. All prices in US$. Steve. ====================================================== Steve Baldwin Electronic Product Design TLA Microsystems Ltd Microcontroller Specialists PO Box 15-680, New Lynn http://www.tla.co.nz Auckland, New Zealand ph +64 9 820-2221 email: KILLspamstevebKILLspamtla.co.nz fax +64 9 820-1929 ====================================================== -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email RemoveMElistservTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

Roman Black wrote: > > Kosmerchock, Steve wrote: > > > > Roman: > > That was the 16C505. But you have to buy a VERY large amount. > > Probably around 100K. > > Thanks everyone! So the 16C505 is the cheapest > PIC with more than 8 pins huh. Since Microchips > lame website doesn't have prices does anyone > know the trade (Arrow?) price for 500 quantity > of the 16C505?? Steve mentioned around $1.20 > from Digikey. We don't have digikey here. > -Roman $Aus2.04 @ 500 Qty (In stock) -- Best regards Tony mICros http://www.bubblesoftonline.com spamBeGonesalesspamBeGonepicnpoke.com -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email TakeThisOuTlistservEraseMEspam_OUTmitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

Peter L. Peres wrote: > > Go to digi-key and download the pdf catalog for microprocessors. All the > pics with prices and concise data ;-) > > Peter Thanks Peter, if anyone is interested I contacted Arrow (Australia) today and the PIC 16C505 4MHz is $1.91 AU ($0.96 US) in quantities of 500. This price is much better than the Digikey or Farnell prices, for anyone that might need a current price like I did yesterday. :o) And the 16C54C is the cheapest PIC with more than 8 legs. It's actually a few cents cheaper than the 16C505, but has less rom and much less ram, and as it needs external RC that adds a few cents and board costs. Thanks to everyone who helped me with prices and suggestions! -Roman -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList RemoveMEpiclist-unsubscribe-requestTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu