Timeline for Do PIC micorcontrollers NEED an external oscillator?
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| Jan 20, 2016 at 11:59 | comment | added | Olin Lathrop | @Scott: Mostly good though. I feel much more comfortable designing a PIC into something intended for 20 year lifetime than microcontrollers from other companies. Microchip has been very good about supporting legacy designs. I'd rather pay $5 for a micro that can be replaced by a $.75 part today, than get the product recertified for Intrinsic Safety, RF emissions, requalified by the customer, etc. Microchip gets this, and has the best record in the industry for keeping old parts available. | |
| Nov 14, 2012 at 12:08 | comment | added | Scott Seidman | Still available,but Microchip lists it as not recommended for new designs. Microchip rarely removes pics from its portfolio, which has good and bad impacts on design | |
| Nov 13, 2012 at 21:32 | comment | added | user16107 | The 16F84 is NOT obsolete - just check a vendor like Digikey, Mouser or several others. Digikey alone stocks more than 20 varieties of the part. Not that it's great using an older part, but sometimes hobbyist find a circuit that was designed just for this part; and newbies have a harder time porting over to a different chip, even though it's a good exercise... | |
| Sep 21, 2011 at 18:11 | vote | accept | Shubham | ||
| Sep 21, 2011 at 18:11 | vote | accept | Shubham | ||
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| Sep 21, 2011 at 18:11 | comment | added | Shubham | Oh I see, I do have a couple of bigger pics which I'm pretty sure have an internal oscillator, I'll use those. Thanks a lot, that clears things up. | |
| Sep 21, 2011 at 17:52 | history | edited | Oli Glaser | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 72 characters in body |
| Sep 21, 2011 at 17:46 | history | edited | Oli Glaser | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 238 characters in body |
| Sep 21, 2011 at 17:41 | history | answered | Oli Glaser | CC BY-SA 3.0 |