>Sorry I left out a key word in my drowsiness. Programmer. I need the device to
>program the chip. I can buy PIC16C84's for $6.50 each but I saw some
>programming units going for $3000. I have since started building one from the
>directions provided by Microchip. The article is on their web site, article
>an589. I estimate the cost of this project under $10. Thank you to all those
>that recommended it. What extra functionality am I missing out by not having
>the expensive programmer?
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what u saw for 3000 dollars was not a programmer....
it was an emulator which u probably wouldn't need...it lets u doo things
such as step through your programs like a program would..but it happens in
real life...if this is life and we are not actually all living a dream...:)
sorry bout that...been reading some articles that kinda fasinated me...
go to itu's homepage...www.itutech.com
i got my programmer therre for 50 bucks and it works great...it won't
program any of the 5X series though..u can get a programmer from
parallax..www.parallaxinc.com for 99 dollars that program's all of em...
my suggestion is to buy one since i tried to build one for 2 months with no
luck....:)
cya