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[ByteMaster]

I've got a number of modules up and running which I'll put out some additional information once everything comes together. Right now I thought I'd just let everyone know my favoriate STM8S varient.

Right now my favorite varient is the STM8S207K6T6C it's cheap at $2.50 with a minimum qty of 10. It has a nice 32 pin package with a 0.8mm pitch which is easy to solder and create your own boards to host. It has plenty of storage with a 32K EEPROM, 6K of RAM and a 1K EEPROM. It also runs at 24MHz so it's a bit faster.

For the most part it's pin compatible with the STM8S103K6 and has the same foot print, but you also need to connect up pin 7 to VDD where you don't with the STM8S103 (trust me...that one cost me about 2 hours thinking I had a bad chip/board). Also to use I2C on the STM8S207 you need to set the alternate function for AFR6 to IDC (trust me again...that one costed me 4+ hours of scratching my head).

What is everyone else using for an 8 bit uC? Anyone else have any experiences (good or bad) to share with different 8 bit controllers?

Kevin...