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?
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Mike said: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
Mike said:Gosh Bill, don't you read the data sheets (grin)?