Is the PIC18F4685 the only current option?

[julianf]

for the v2 sid.

Thing is, i kind of allready know the answer, as per TK's post (http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,9457.0.html) but i wanted to confirm, as im in europe, and Mike doesnt currently stock the PIC18F4685 : (

Thanks, julian

[nILS]

Being in Europe doesn't prevent you from ordering from Smash ;-)

[julianf]

No, but, in a lot of ways, its easier to order from someone on the continent you live on.

Can anyone confirm (or otherwise) the original question?

[nILS]

Can anyone confirm (or otherwise) the original question?

The answer to the original question is yes.

BTW, if you have a paypal account there's nothing easier than ordering from smash.

EDIT: BTW, I'm in Europe, too ;-)

[Smithy]

Im living in europe myself, and id choose smash over Mike any day of the week.

hes in the chatroom everyday, and goes that whole extra step further to help the community.

[Twin-X]

Im living in europe myself, and id choose smash over Mike any day of the week.

hes in the chatroom everyday, and goes that whole extra step further to help the community.

True but that does not mean Mike is a bad seller or anything.

There are more places to get the PIC from besides Smash and Mike.

Do not be bound by one seller.

[nILS]

True but that does not mean Mike is a bad seller or anything.

Oh, I believe our posts were far from saying anything like that - just to make sure: Mike is an awesome seller as well with good quality products, but there *IS* stuff you can only get from Smash. PICs are not really one of those things though.

[Smithy]

True but that does not mean Mike is a bad seller or anything.

There are more places to get the PIC from besides Smash and Mike.

Do not be bound by one seller.

Im pretty sure Smash's price of that PIC is the most competitive, according to TK in the wiki.

A chip search engine revealed all higher prices, but this was at the time TK wrote that message so things may have changed.

[cavey]

just get yourself some account over at microchip.com, and sample the PIC's (got loads of pics that way, ranging from the original 18F4520 orsmth, to the newer 18F4685, and some 16F's for other projects, and the ram chips :D) just wait a long time in between orders and write up some nice description for whatever bogus project they might want to know about).

You'd need to bootstrap them yourself though...

[nILS]

Umm ::) Sampling from Microchip is a nice feature, but please, please don't overuse it... If you can afford the PICs - buy them.

[Goblinz]

Umm ::) Sampling from Microchip is a nice feature, but please, please don't overuse it... If you can afford the PICs - buy them.

Yes, it's been mentioned before on here that if they see lots of samples going out and not many big orders that they may get the impression that it isn't worth carrying on manufacturing the chip.

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