what is a good general purpose 18F part?

[dsicon]

i realize the correct answer is 'it depends..' but thought i would try anyway

i have always been a 16F sorta guy but am thinking i may be missing something not using 18F's

as i had only recently and belatedly discovered the 16F1xxx parts i thought maybe i would ask what you all use for your 'go to' 18F part ?
generally 20-28 pins will do what i do
i usually need 1 or 2 analogs and a small bit of EE
i don't generally need a TON of code space
i.e. something fairly vanilla, something cool new and cheap BUT something also well supported and known to work well w/ PBP3

there are so many offerings it is bewildering to pick one (pun intended)

i suppose USB is inevitably in my future but i don't have the means to create the host side app and am not eager to tackle that too, if i were to engage USB it would likely be low speed and simple, something like passing a few setup parameters and strings from the host app to the PIC

any favorite parts or tips would appreciated, i think initially a non-USB chip is best choice unless there is no trade off in including it

[pedja089]

Pic18f2550
pic18f4550

[dsicon]

thanks, took a quick peek, looks nice
more program space than i can imagine using (hopefully ) but you never know

will look over but for a lot of what i do the 28p SOIC package is just too big, maybe i will poke around for something in TSSOP

[Demon]

I like the 18F2xK22/18F4xK22 series.

Robert

[dsicon]

will look ...
i like the osc and the smaller packages, thanks
hey Robert a bit OT but i got that SMBus thing working real nicely with the standard PBP I2CWRITE / I2CREAD

[Dave]

I also widly use the 18F26K22, 18F46K22, and the 18F67K22. I also love the 16F1825 for smaller projects...

[Archangel]

The thing about that is . . . as the features go up, so does the price. Choose the features you need, and get the best price you can, very important to commercial and non-wealthy users.

[longpole001]

also widly use the 18F26K22, 18F46K22, and the 18F67K22. I also love the 16F1825 for smaller projects.

yes i have to agree , the price is ok as well for the functions offered