grim
New Member
do we have too much choice?
if we have a look at Farnell, they list 720 pics.
this can be reduced somewhat by specifiying 'flash' and 'dil' so there are 275
which is still a lot. Farnell filtering isn't much use after that.
they range from £0.50 to £15.57
from a hobbyist point of view, no one is going to have all of those to play with.
I would guess if there are several parts with the same 'features' then we would want the one which has the most memory, fastest performance - but how to find this, without getting all the specs, creating a huge spreadsheet and filtering it all?
Microchips Product Selector is a bit unweildy, but appears to be the only way foward.
further selection can now be made depending on weather it's a current item or not.
Now at this point, as a learner, who wants to have half a dozen chips to play with to cover most eventualities is swamped with choice. As a learner, half the features don't mean anything. that of course doesn't mean they won't be of use.
sorry for the ramble..... so the question for the experienced pic'rs. which six pics would you advise a learner to have, and why?
if we have a look at Farnell, they list 720 pics.
this can be reduced somewhat by specifiying 'flash' and 'dil' so there are 275
which is still a lot. Farnell filtering isn't much use after that.
they range from £0.50 to £15.57
from a hobbyist point of view, no one is going to have all of those to play with.
I would guess if there are several parts with the same 'features' then we would want the one which has the most memory, fastest performance - but how to find this, without getting all the specs, creating a huge spreadsheet and filtering it all?
Microchips Product Selector is a bit unweildy, but appears to be the only way foward.
further selection can now be made depending on weather it's a current item or not.
Now at this point, as a learner, who wants to have half a dozen chips to play with to cover most eventualities is swamped with choice. As a learner, half the features don't mean anything. that of course doesn't mean they won't be of use.
sorry for the ramble..... so the question for the experienced pic'rs. which six pics would you advise a learner to have, and why?