I did give a a lot of thought of getting it into one chip, and it would definitely be the dspic
since I already have implemented the functions I want into another program for the same chip.
This is just the first time I’ve had to do the hardware. The last one was a kit web server.

Since I want the LCD to be continually driven, and am more apt with fancy graphics with an 8 bit pic,
that’s the reason to consider the second chip.
If I was happy with a fairly static LCD display, it would be easy with the dspic alone.
The algorithms are Sunrise/set, Moonrise/Set, and Moon Illumination for a clock.