Quote Originally Posted by Joe S. View Post
And opinions being like ex wives, you may have more than 1
And if I spend any more time messing around in my lab, I just might increase that particular number by one myself!

Hi Andrew, Ski, I like 16F648A as a replacement for 16F628A, same chip with 2X the memory and cheaper now too,
That's why I mentioned the 16F88 types. Newer than the '628A, a few more options, basically the same chip. And you only get the 'new' stuff if you try (oscillator options, stuff that's buried in the datasheet)...other than that, operates the same way

as for OLD SCHOOL, well old school is usually (not always) easier for beginners to get working. Let me Re Define, Beginner as someone still LOST in a data sheet, someone who is still convinced it would be easier to do word style math problems in Japanese than make sense of register settings
Yes, true, but like the 'F88, the 'new' options are buried and not necessarily used by a 'beginner', but they are always handy to have when a person doesn't know they need them!
Then again, I just might be talking about future-proofing ones self