Thanks Ace, for the quick reply.

Darrel...LOL... To see movies of the harvester running visit www.asparagusharvester.com or search on you-tube for wlundonly. That sucker has something like 40 pic chips in it! Mostly 12F675's and a 18F4550 I think. Worked great....and I was out in the field programming them with my laptop. Was great fun.

So now I've got this new project that I am trying to figure out...I'm in the early stages. I need to make a programmable alarm clock...that is actually a controller for a pump. So it sounds to me like I need a bigger chip...much bigger.

I think I'll look for one that has enough I/O pins to drive an LCD display since I'll need one of those.

Thanks for the help...don't worry...I'll be needing more. I managed to struggle through the harvester pic programming and a few other projects, but now that I have overcome my fear of posting maybe I'll be looking for help more often.

Bill