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Just a question on the 16f877 Is this "normal" to take such a bloody long time from first documentation to actual delivery of a new microcontroller? We have our ICD but the stock 16f877's are still weeks if not months away. I was reading the data sheet on this sucker last year!!!!!! Does this also mean the other future products are years away? I have been a strong supporter of PIC controllers but my patience is wearing thin. The AVRs are starting to look attractive. Comments please..... Note: this is not a flame fest... just a serious evaluation of my development programme. _____________________________ Lance Allen Technical Officer Uni of Auckland Psych Dept New Zealand _____________________________

On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Lance Allen wrote: > Just a question on the 16f877 > Is this "normal" to take such a bloody long time from first > documentation to actual delivery of a new microcontroller? > We have our ICD but the stock 16f877's are still weeks if not months > away. I was reading the data sheet on this sucker last year!!!!!! I just got a batch last week, and have been trying them out. It was worth the wait - these chips are giving me a serious woody. If only they'd had a 12 bit instead of 10 bit A/D, I'd never rent a porno video again! 8*) -Will

"Sir, this is for your own good. Please step away from the PIC..." "William M. Smithers" wrote: > > I just got a batch last week, and have been trying them > out. It was worth the wait - these chips are giving > me a serious woody. If only they'd had a 12 bit instead > of 10 bit A/D, I'd never rent a porno video again! 8*) > > -Will 99 bugs in my hex file, 99 bugs to fix. Fix one bug Asemble again - 101 bugs in my hex file...

Adam Davis wrote: > > 99 bugs in my hex file, > 99 bugs to fix. > Fix one bug > Asemble again - > 101 bugs in my hex file... I ported my MPC-compiled 16c74A project over to the the 16c877 - I only had to change 2 #defines and add 2 brackets: SaveContext to SaveContext(); Worked second time... but that first compile gave me too many errors to count. And no hardware changes since I can't use the ADC anyway, although 10 bits is *halfway* there. --Matt

>Worked second time... but that first compile gave me too many errors to >count. And no hardware changes since I can't use the ADC anyway, >although 10 bits is *halfway* there. Yeah, but how many 11-bit ADCs are out there? Andy ================================================================== Andy Kunz Life is what we do to prepare for Eternity ------------------------------------------------------------------ spam_OUTandyTakeThisOuTrc-hydros.com http://www.rc-hydros.com - Race Boats .....andyKILLspam@spam@montanadesign.com http://www.montanadesign.com - Electronics ==================================================================

Andy Kunz wrote: > > >Worked second time... but that first compile gave me too many errors to > >count. And no hardware changes since I can't use the ADC anyway, > >although 10 bits is *halfway* there. > > Yeah, but how many 11-bit ADCs are out there? Ha! I guess I should have said 2^(halfway there). Or something like that. Actually, most 16-bit ADCs make reasonable 11-bit ADCs. Has anyone ever gotten true 16 bit noise-free counts out of a 16 bit converter? No averaging allowed. --Matt

On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 05:32:36PM -0400, Andy Kunz wrote: > >Worked second time... but that first compile gave me too many errors to > >count. And no hardware changes since I can't use the ADC anyway, > >although 10 bits is *halfway* there. > > Yeah, but how many 11-bit ADCs are out there? > > Andy Andy, How 'bout http://products.analog.com/products/info.asp?product=AD7861 ? --Bob :-), JIC. -- ============================================================ Bob Drzyzgula It's not a problem bobKILLspamdrzyzgula.org until something bad happens ============================================================