Ed Edmondson wrote:
>
> Tony,
>
> Did you get the free seminar PCB and docs to go with the 87X chip?
>
> They gave us the bare boards and docs but NO 87X chips.  Told us we would get
> them later.  Still waiting on them! :-(
>
> Dr. Ed

No, we only got the free chip. We saw how it can be used with MPLAB in
debugger mode which was quite interesting, but no PCB's etc.

I guess we should remember that the chip only has limited write/erase
cycles (1000??), so they probably would not be much good for an
application that needs to constantly reprogram itself. That even limits
the usabillity of the device when using it as a debugger, because you
need to reprogram the part each time you are making changes to your
code. As the rep put it, 'It's good for Microchip' :-)

I tried to read the device last night, but it gave all 0's. I hope it's
not a dud.

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Best regards

Tony

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