[sdiy] dspic programmer

[Eric Brombaugh]

On 12/13/2009 12:54 PM, karl dalen wrote:
> Anyho, its not a matter of gaining on cost, just the talibanistic idea
> of diy, but a pickit2 will mostly be road to go,MPlab debugging are
> strong point.

In-system debugging is a good thing to have access to. I don't use it 
every time, but when I do it can really save a lot of fiddling around.

> Just saw that ordering samples arent available anymore!
> I who just had grew fond of the so28, FJ64GP802! ;(

MCHP management sent out a letter last week apologizing for putting so 
many of their products on allocation. Apparently the economy is picking 
up and they're swamped with orders. They were asking for 8 week advance 
notice on parts needs, so it's not surprising that they're getting 
stingy with the free samples.

That said, if you need small quantities now you can still get them for 
reasonable prices at the usual suspects in the US (Digi-Key, etc). No 
idea how available they are from your locale though.

Eric