Talk:Embedded Systems/PIC Microcontroller

Contributors:
 * DavidCary 17:41, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Stingraze 04:17, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

power supply
What is the point of the "Power Supply" section?
 * I wouldn't build the supply described there if I were buying a PIC programmer, since it would already come with the appropriate power supply built in.
 * I wouldn't build the supply described there if I were building my own PIC programmer. Each one of the over a dozen complete "build your own PIC programmer" projects has complete instructions for building its own power supply. Most of those power supplies are very different and incompatible with the one currently described in the "power supply" section.

--DavidCary 20:59, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Deleted. --DavidCary (talk) 15:26, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

UV-erasable and OTP PICmicros
As far as I can tell, *all* of the UV-erasable and OTP PICmicros (PIC12C, PIC16C, PIC17C, PIC18C) are no longer recommended for new designs. I fail to see the point of long discussions of the details of some obsolete chip before getting to the "good stuff" describing some chip that might actually be useful.

I'm going to strikethrough ( strikethrough ) all mention of such chips for now. Should I simply delete all all mentions of such chips, or is there something about these chips important enough to mention in the "history" section?

--DavidCary (talk) 15:26, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

I've unstriked some of the sections I considered useful. I agree that instead of teaching people with almost obsolete chips we should show them the brand-new chips beeing produced. Remember: the 16F84 remained in the hobbyist community for a while because no one wanted to start with something new to the area! Let's change that!

--User:ivaneduardo747