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Re: [AVR-Chat] Re: cheap chips , no exteranl crystal, and timing

2005-11-17 by Zack Widup

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Charlie Heath wrote:

> 
> >
> > Many PIC's have an internal oscilator.  but AFAIK, none have an 8mhz
> > internal.
> >
> 
> FWIW, the PIC16F88 has an 8-step internal oscillator that tops out at 8
> Mhz.
> 18 pins with 4K instructions, hardware USART, 7 channel A2D, SPI, I2C
> slave
> support, etc, etc.  A nice chip available for $3.25 or so.
> 
> Charlie
> 

The 16F88 is the new "improved" version of the 16F84.  Vast improvements 
and very nice!

I just wish the PIC's clocked faster than f(osc)/4.  That's one place 
where the AVR's have them beat.

Zack

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