Questions/Basic/16F628A

[BertMan]

One, more thing....How many bytes are in a word for this particular mcu. Since it's an 8bit mcu, its two bytes right?

Done some research on this and an 8 bit mcu means 8 bits to a word, which is the largest value the mcu can process. So, my next question is, how do I know when to set the variable to type word instead of byte when they both represent the same size - 8 bits?

Am I posting in the wrong forum? Are my questions too stupid to answer? Am I on the right site? Or perhaps my questions are beyond the scope of the members here? Maybe I just dont have enough patience to wait for a response? Do I need to stfu and rtfm? Maybe someone could enlighten me before I go crazy talking to myself :-)