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Hi everyone, I hope everybody will agree that the 16F84 is the best pic to learn for beginners. Now, i'm just wondering what is the next step after you have exhausted the f84. What pic would take me to the next level ? Can you list some resources, programmers and some code to tinker with... Happy Holidays, Alan

Alan Aldaba wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I hope everybody will agree that the 16F84 is the best pic to learn fo r > beginners. Now, i'm just wondering what is the next step after you have > exhausted the f84. What pic would take me to the next level ? Can you > list some resources, programmers and some code to tinker with... Scott Edwards on-line version PIC Source book at http://www.dontronics.com/see.html may help you. and http://www.dontronics.com/dt106.html for the 87x flash family. Don McKenzie spam_OUTdonTakeThisOuTdontronics.com http://www.dontronics.com World's Largest Range of Atmel and PICmicro Hardware and Software StampStick 32K EEPROM Basic http://www.dontronics.com/tiny51.html

I agree with Don; once you have mastered the 16F84's abilities, either explore some of the strange things that can be done with it or go find a 16F877 to play with. More bits of wire. -- James Cameron .....quozlKILLspam@spam@us.netrek.org http://quozl.us.netrek.org/

I like the 16C73A or 16F873 (just got some). Smaller footprint, much of the same capability as the 877 (except for pins and memory) and easy enough to put on a protoboard without hogging all the space. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: James Cameron <quozlKILLspamUS.NETREK.ORG> To: <.....PICLISTKILLspam.....MITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 10:24 PM Subject: Re: Next Step > I agree with Don; once you have mastered the 16F84's abilities, either > explore some of the strange things that can be done with it or go find > a 16F877 to play with. More bits of wire. > > -- > James Cameron EraseMEquozlspam_OUTTakeThisOuTus.netrek.org http://quozl.us.netrek.org/

part 0 1106 bytes content-type:text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; (decoded 7bit) Try doing the same project with a 12C508 / 16C54, ( 2 level stack and no interrupts, no EEPROM if you have used any in F84), you will really achieve your grades :) If you can port the code developed on F84 into C54 for production, you will save a lot of $$$. Regards Pailoor Alan Aldaba wrote: {Quote hidden}> Hi everyone, > > I hope everybody will agree that the 16F84 is the best pic to learn fo r > beginners. Now, i'm just wondering what is the next step after you have > exhausted the f84. What pic would take me to the next level ? Can you > list some resources, programmers and some code to tinker with... > > Happy Holidays, > > Alan -- WE DESIGN THE FUTURE Website : http://www.chiptechnologies.com Website : http://business.vsnl.com/chiptech Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="chiptech.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Ravi Pailoor Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="chiptech.vcf" Attachment converted: wonderland:chiptech.vcf (TEXT/CSOm) (00011739)

Hi Alan: Actually, I haven't started with PIC16F84. But I think it will be better to chec k on PIC16C73/6 and then later on on PIC17C75X family for more pheripherals featur es they have whereby they have got more possillities in terms of differrent apps. regards, Ismael M. Khangane ( Spain ). ******************************************************************* Alan Aldaba escribis: {Quote hidden}> Hi everyone, > > I hope everybody will agree that the 16F84 is the best pic to learn fo r > beginners. Now, i'm just wondering what is the next step after you have > exhausted the f84. What pic would take me to the next level ? Can you > list some resources, programmers and some code to tinker with... > > Happy Holidays, > > Alan

Hi Alan, The 12C509/JW or 12CE519/JW might be worth considering for a starter PIC. The slower development cycle of code, burn, UV erase, recode, etc. forces you to give a little more thought to your coding. If you want to go the "easy" way, then the 16F84 is probably the best choice ... fast develpment cycle and a much larger user base to help you with problems. Have fun, - Nick - "Ismael M. Khangane" wrote: > > Hi Alan: > Actually, I haven't started with PIC16F84. But I think it will be better to ch eck > on PIC16C73/6 and then later on on PIC17C75X family for more pheripherals feat ures {Quote hidden}> they have whereby they have got more possillities in terms of differrent apps . > regards, > Ismael M. Khangane ( Spain ). > > ******************************************************************* > Alan Aldaba escribis: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I hope everybody will agree that the 16F84 is the best pic to learn for > > beginners. Now, i'm just wondering what is the next step after you have > > exhausted the f84. What pic would take me to the next level ? Can you > > list some resources, programmers and some code to tinker with... > > > > Happy Holidays, > > > > Alan

For beginners go with the 16f877: in-circuit re-programmable and for experiments the higher price should not be a problem. Wouter. ---------- > From: Ismael M. Khangane <ismaelmspam_OUTIAI.CSIC.ES> > To: @spam@PICLISTKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: Next Step > Date: Monday, December 13, 1999 16:00 > > Hi Alan: > Actually, I haven't started with PIC16F84. But I think it will be better to check > on PIC16C73/6 and then later on on PIC17C75X family for more pheripherals features > they have whereby they have got more possillities in terms of differrent apps. > regards, > Ismael M. Khangane ( Spain ). > > > ******************************************************************* > Alan Aldaba escribis: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I hope everybody will agree that the 16F84 is the best pic to learn for > > beginners. Now, i'm just wondering what is the next step after you have > > exhausted the f84. What pic would take me to the next level ? Can you > > list some resources, programmers and some code to tinker with... > > > > Happy Holidays, > > > > Alan