Is the 16F917 the successor to the 16F877?

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William At MyBlueRoom

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Is the 16F917 the successor to the 16F877? I've been wonder which PIC would eventually replace the old 16F877. It would appear to be the 16F917. Anyone using this chip?
 
Looks like it would be a pretty good replacement for most purposes, and includes LCD drivers.
 
Bill,

I think the soon-to-be-released 16F887 is probably a closer match. Neither the '917 nor the '887 have the self-write capability of the '877 (no boot loader capability) but both have the 8-MHz INTOSC.

The '917 only has a CCP module where the '877 and '887 have an MSSP module which supports 'master' I2C modes in hardware.

The '887 also sports the new 16-bit SPBRG generator for extremely precise sync/async operations.

Regards, Mike
 

Damn it Mike, you too damn smart. Didn't realize it didn't have bootloader functions and the MSSP was different. I did like the cost though $6.40CDn vs $10CDn for the 16F877A but I'll wait for the 887 (aboot time Microchip )
 
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