Best General Purpose PIC

[Ioannis]

First check your version of PBP if supports the PIC of your choice.

A one PIC for all is hard demand though.

Ioannis

[richard]

Oh no!
Certainly not Landfill.
They were pretty good and deserve a better fate than that!

what about as part of an "interesting" mosaic along with other obsolete electronic parts inlaid into a coffee table
using a clear epoxy

[Ioannis]

With the delivery times now on Microchip, I guess one would use whatever there is as stock...

Ioannis

[CuriousOne]

I don't see any advantage of modern PICs being utilized by PBP.
So I stick with PIC16F886 for 28 pin and PIC16F887 for 40 pin.