Andre, I have already been and it is really worth the time and cost to be there if you are really interested in the PIC family. I went to one on April 20 in Richardson (Dallas Area) Texas and the info provided was worth it. They had samples of different devices in the MC family, a 16F876/877 bare proto board & documentation they were giving away with samples of the F877 and more! :-) They hope to have the ICD (new development tool) available for sale at the later seminars. However, you can place an order for one if they don't have them at the seminar. MC told me the ICD would be available by mid May. So, Go! It is worth it. I even found out that a lot of the distributors are sponsoring engineers they want to attend. Definitely bears looking into. Dr. Ed