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Size of Chips Shown with Coin

Hi, sorry this isn't very important but just wanted to say that showing the size of an object by comparing it to a coin is not a good idea on Wikipedia because many people may have never seen that type of coin (i.e. they use different size coins in their country of origin).

A ruler like the second image is better, as long we can see what units it's in (centimetres or inches).

I'm not trying to be pedantic, it just crossed my mind that's all! :D — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.197.6.189 (talk) 11:35, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Macros and Performance

I don't believe the statement, "Judicious use of simple macros can make PIC assembly language much more palatable, but at the cost of a reduction in performance." is accurate. Compiler macros should not impact performance since the compiler just expands the macro into the instructions that would have been used anyway and would not thus impact runtime performance in the way that a BASIC interpreter would work (such as the BASIC STAMP).--P Todd (talk) 20:59, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think this phrase relates to programming in assembler language and then it is mostly true. I agree with you for C-language. NobbiP (talk) 21:39, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

External links

OpenSourcePIC.org has almost no viable content (only two articles), not to mention their support forum returns 404 errors and the Wiki no longer exists. I believe it is in the interests of PIC enthusiasts to replace OpenSourcePIC.org with digital-diy.com Open Source PIC Projects and Programs.

digital-diy.com is a little new, though it is completely add free and has lots of viable content (over 100 articles between the PIC Programming, Handy Tips, and Projects sections). It also has an open source community based approach, where people can contribute articles, post comments, or chat in the forums. Betatester228 (talk) 01:28, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We were one of the orignal developers of tools for picmicro. With wide acceptance across the community. There were serveral books written around our products and PICmicros. Would our link to some of the books or our site in the external links section or referrence be acceptable? Http://www.basicmicro.com

[1] contains a list of different PIC Microcontroller based projects. Every project is cleared described with the circuit diagram, source code in C language and working videos. Will it be helpful for Wikipedia readers to explore more on PIC microcontroller and practicing practicals on it?

Removed Spam

There were plenty of spam-like external links/products starting to lurk into the wiki, I've removed a few straight forward ones, though I personally believe there's more to go. 115.69.0.101 (talk) 06:09, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

First Micro based on EEPROM memory???

I do not agree with the statement "The Microchip 16C84 (PIC16x84), introduced in 1993 [6] was the first[citation needed] CPU with on-chip EEPROM memory"

The MC68HC11 introduced by Motorola in 1985 (I.E. 8 years earlier) was available with EEPROM program memory - "E" suffix. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.72.141.204 (talk) 12:39, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

POV

I was alarmed at the extensive negative POV of this article, I cleaned up the more blatant bashing and added a brief list of positive aspects to offset the "Limitations" section. I spent a good deal of time on it and I believe I have brought this article closer to neutral POV. DavesPlanet (talk) 19:30, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]