Which PIC do you use

[johnbond]

Thanks for this valuable advice. I like the idea of passing the 16F690 by. I have already bought a rail of the 690 ICs but they,ll get used somewhere, sometime.

Here in SA, the 16F1828 is just US$0.30 more expensive than the 16F690. Seems a good deal to me!

Kind regards
John Bond

[Charles Linquis]

For hobbyist use, cost really doesn't matter. I would rather spend $10 more for a chip that has all the functionality that I need than work a week trying to get around the limitations of the part I had chosen.

Use an 18F part for certain. If you can deal with surface mount, use something like an 18F87K22.