For all the newbies out there who want to learn to program PIC's a new Education Board will be released soon by Microchip, GA Tech, and Diversified Engineering. It is called the "Qik Start PIC Education Board" part number 905170 and is expected to retail for $99.00US. For more information contact Paul Landino at sales@diversifiedengineering.net or call 203-876-7408. I am currently reviewing the Rev. A hardware and will pass along my findings and comments. There will be lab experiments posted on the Microchip and DE web sites as soon as the product is released. The text book "Design with PIC Microcontrollers" by John Peatman (ISBN 0-13-759259-0) will also be used in conjunction with this new trainer. Dr. Ed