Uh-Oh, PICs

[Andrew K. Mattei]

rauscher at icst.com wrote:
> Sorry 'bout that, it was probably me that started refering to it as a
> 'PIC'. If I may ask, what does PIC stand for? (Peripheral Interface
> Controller?). And what is the difference between them and a u-controller?
> (You can get technical, I can take it!)

Just about everything you want to know is at http://www.microchip.com -
a PIC is a RISC based microcontroller. Gotta get me some of that... ;)
Looks like a lot of fun! Available with EEPROM or OTP, in lots of
flavors. Digikey sells 'em pretty cheap too...

-Andrew