Quote Originally Posted by Michael
Yesterday, I called digi key to get some pic's and gave them 3 or 4 different part numbers (of completely different chips), only to hear not recommended for new design.
Thanks.
Many times, just the suffix is changing, typically do to a new die fab. The 16F876 eventually popped up as "not recommended for new design" as I recall, in favor of the 16F876A, which simply offered additional features or fixed a bug, etc.