Post by thread:[PIC] Old stock of PICs

I am cleaning out my company's inventory. DIP Windowed parts: 4ea. PIC16C62B/JW 2ea. PIC16C715/JW 8ea. PIC18C252/JW 4ea. PIC18C452/JW 4ea. PIC18C442/JW 2ea. PIC16C63/JW 5ea. PIC16C73B/JW 4ea. PIC16C73A/JW PLCC Windowed part: 6ea. PIC17C766/CL PLCC part: 48ea. PIC16C65A-20/L Pay shipping, they are yours. First come, first served. Tom * | __O Thomas C. Sefranek spam_OUTWA1RHPTakeThisOuTARRL.NET |_-\<,_ Amateur Radio Operator: WA1RHP (*)/ (*) Bicycle mobile on 145.41MHz PL74.4 ARRL Instructor, Technical Specialist, VE Contact. hamradio.cmcorp.com/inventory/Inventory.html http://www.harvardrepeater.org

> I am cleaning out my company's inventory. > DIP Windowed parts: > 4ea. PIC16C62B/JW > 2ea. PIC16C715/JW > 8ea. PIC18C252/JW > 4ea. PIC18C452/JW > 4ea. PIC18C442/JW > 2ea. PIC16C63/JW > 5ea. PIC16C73B/JW > 4ea. PIC16C73A/JW > > PLCC Windowed part: > 6ea. PIC17C766/CL > > PLCC part: > 48ea. PIC16C65A-20/L You should keep a few around so that kids coming out of school this year can gawk at them in amazement. Then you can tell them how you had to refine your own silicon, trudging barefoot to the quarry in the snow uphill both ways. ******************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products (978) 742-9014. Gold level PIC consultants since 2000.

I have more than "a few" still in the designs lying around here! Yea, I had to (sigh) put them in the UV eraser them every time I did a firmware update. As you noted, it was uphill BOTH ways. * | __O Thomas C. Sefranek .....WA1RHPKILLspam@spam@ARRL.NET |_-\<,_ Amateur Radio Operator: WA1RHP (*)/ (*) Bicycle mobile on 145.41MHz PL74.4 ARRL Instructor, Technical Specialist, VE Contact. hamradio.cmcorp.com/inventory/Inventory.html http://www.harvardrepeater.org {Original Message removed}

I remember UV erasers being one of the bigger purchases for getting into microcontrollers - as a high school student I couldn't justify $100 for it when I could get logic chips for cheap. The 16C84 took off big time because you could program and erase it without a UV eraser, didn't require any external support parts (except crystal), and could be programmed with a cheap programmer. -Adam On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Thomas C. Sefranek <tcsKILLspamcmcorp.com> wrote: {Quote hidden}> I have more than "a few" still in the designs lying around here! > > Yea, I had to (sigh) put them in the UV eraser them every time I did a > firmware update. As you noted, it was uphill BOTH ways. > > * > | __O Thomas C. Sefranek .....WA1RHPKILLspam.....ARRL.NET > |_-\<,_ Amateur Radio Operator: WA1RHP > (*)/ (*) Bicycle mobile on 145.41MHz PL74.4 > > ARRL Instructor, Technical Specialist, VE Contact. > hamradio.cmcorp.com/inventory/Inventory.html > http://www.harvardrepeater.org > > {Original Message removed}

-----Original Message----- From: EraseMEpiclist-bouncesspam_OUTTakeThisOuTmit.edu [piclist-bouncesspam_OUTmit.edu] On Behalf Of M. Adam Davis Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:22 PM To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [PIC] Old stock of PICs I remember UV erasers being one of the bigger purchases for getting into microcontrollers - as a high school student I couldn't justify $100 for it when I could get logic chips for cheap. The 16C84 took off big time because you could program and erase it without a UV eraser, didn't require any external support parts (except crystal), and could be programmed with a cheap programmer. -Adam I built mine! UV (mercury) lamps are cheap, and a ballast is too. (Then I built a PIC based timer for it!) Tom * | __O Thomas C. Sefranek @spam@WA1RHPKILLspamARRL.NET |_-\<,_ Amateur Radio Operator: WA1RHP (*)/ (*) Bicycle mobile on 145.41MHz PL74.4 ARRL Instructor, Technical Specialist, VE Contact. hamradio.cmcorp.com/inventory/Inventory.html http://www.harvardrepeater.org

> The 16C84 took off big time because you could program and erase > it without a UV eraser, didn't require any external support parts > (except crystal), and could be programmed with a cheap programmer. That's exactly why I dropped the Motorolas of the time. An EPROM 68HC705K1 (about the equivalent of a 16F84) was around $50 and not particularly rugged, but you really needed them to develop code for the OTPs. Expensive hobby until sales got going and I could afford an emulator. The UV eraser I already had, and still have, bought to make Commodore64 EPROM cartridges. Still have a tube of OTP 705C8/C9 and a couple of EPROM versions (they were pricey) Funnily enough, a girl friend came to see me on Monday. I encapsulated one of the dead K1 and made it into a brooch. Needs the pin replacing. First time I've seen that since I made it http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/joecolquitt/potted_k1.jpg

Jinx wrote: > Funnily enough, a girl friend came to see me on Monday. I encapsulated > one of the dead K1 and made it into a brooch. Needs the pin replacing. > First time I've seen that since I made it > > home.clear.net.nz/pages/joecolquitt/potted_k1.jpg > Wow! That looks great! Next time, you should try to make a hat or a pterodactyl out of it...

> > home.clear.net.nz/pages/joecolquitt/potted_k1.jpg > > > > Wow! That looks great! Next time, you should try to make a > hat or a pterodactyl out of it... Oh Marcel, always with the flying lizards. Wassa matta you ?