So how often do you get something for nothing? Now's
your chance.

I have 1500 double-sided, silkscreened, through-hole plated
circuit boards that take a PIC16C54 (or similar pinout) and
support an assortment of discrete parts too. We made a minor
change to the circuit (improved brownout protection) and
decided to scrap them rather than implement a rework on the
un-assembled units.

See the schematic at....

http://www.peak.org/~forbesm/picproto.pdf  (Adobe Acrobat PDF file)

See the board artwork at....

http://www.peak.org/~forbesm/T-art.pdf (Top side copper, silkscreen)
http://www.peak.org/~forbesm/B-art.pdf (Bottom side copper, silkscreen)

The boards are panelized, 20-up on a 7.7" x 11.5" panel. The panels
weigh 5.5 ounces each.  I won't ship partial panels....you get at least
20 of these boards if you want 'em. Here's what ya' gotta do:

*************************************
**Don't send email to the PICLIST!!**
**If you send email asking for one,**
**it will be violently ignored. You**
**will *NOT* get a board by sending**
**any form of email!               **
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DO THIS:

Obtain a standard envelope suitable for mailing a 8-1/2 x 11 sheet
of paper, un-folded. It does not need to be padded or special, just
a plain old catalog-sized envelope. On the outside, put your
return mailing address. Affix sufficient postage for the number
of boards you'd like to receive. I've measured it as follows:

1 panel     $1.65
2 panels    $2.75
3-5 panels  $3.20 1-2 lb rate
6-8 panels  $4.30 2-3 lb rate

Insert this self-addressed, stamped 8-1/2x11 envelope into another
envelope. Attach sufficient postage to get both envelopes to me....
if they arrive 'postage due', I'll refuse them.

Address the outside envelope to:

Free PIC Proto PCB
Mark G. Forbes
1840 SW Allen Street
Corvallis, Oregon 97333-1739

Drop the whole mess in the mail, and wait for your boards. When
the envelope arrives I will stick the appropriate number of
panels in the inner envelope, seal it, and put it back in the
mailbox.

Overseas requests are welcome too, but you're strictly on your
own as far as figuring out the appropriate postage. If it comes
in with something unusable, weird or unacceptable to the post
office, I'm not going to take the time to figure it out for you.

No warranty expressed or implied, use at your own risk, etc. But
if you need a little board with enough room for some parts and a
PIC, this is just the ticket. It was designed to do slow serial
communication on a pair of wires and to draw parasitic power from
those wires as well....sorta like the Dallas Semi one-wire technology,
but much slower.

The leftovers go in the dumpster, which is where they were *all*
headed before I grabbed 'em. First come, first served...if I'm
running low, I'll post a note to that effect.

Mark G. Forbes, R & D Engineer  |  Acres Gaming, Inc.    (541) 766-2515
KC7LZD                          |  815 NW 9th Street     (541) 753-7524 fax
forbesm@peak.org                |  Corvallis, OR 97330
http://www.peak.org/~forbesm
mforbes@acresgaming.com

"There has been an alarming increase in the number
of things I know nothing about."
---Anomalous