A but pricier? I looked on mouser and it seems to run about $4-5/chip unless I got the wrong one. Thats 3x the price of the PIC controller. Anyway, I'm not going to start into that at this late time.
Ouch...It's ~1$ in Poland :/ Anyways, you're right according to sheduling and other more important stuff. Sorry for buggin
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