For any type of production programming it is better to use a programmer
that will voltage margin the part. That will make sure the part will
function over the full range of operating voltages. You can get away with
less but it is possible you can have problems if you get a marginal chip
or if the eprom cells are not fully programmed. You probably will not have
any problems in this case but it still is much safer to use the proper tools.



At 07:45 AM 7/15/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I need to program PICs  (558) for small (30 units) production run. What
>is the problem with using Picstart programmer for this purpose?
>Microchip told me it's not recommended.
>
>Gennady Palitsky
>gennadyp@mainlink.net
>
>
Larry G. Nelson Sr.
L.Nelson@ieee.org
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