Is the 16F917 the successor to the 16F877?

[William At MyBlueRoom]

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?

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Looks like it would be a pretty good replacement for most purposes, and includes LCD drivers.

 

[Mike - K8LH]

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

 

[William At MyBlueRoom]

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 )

 

[Mike - K8LH]

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

 

[William At MyBlueRoom]

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

Err I may have skipped a page or two. Didn't need the LCD stuff although it's cool.