Matt, I would be interested in at least looking at it. If you could detail some of the functionality, that would help. What I'm talking about here is specifically what does the debugging portion of it do for me and how does it do it? Do you need any code above the application firmware in the target device to use the debugging portion of it, or do you need anything beyond that? Let me know as I'm always in the market for development tools for PIC's. Thanks and Regards, Jim -----Original Message----- From: Matt Burch To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Sunday, September 12, 1999 12:59 PM Subject: multifunction ICSP programmer >Okay... I'm wondering, would anybody buy this product from us if we put it >into production? Basically I've gone and built a neat little intelligent >in-circuit programmer / power supply / debugging tool, allowing for >in-circuit programming of the 12/16/17Cxxx OTP parts, as well as in-circuit >programming and erasing of 16Fxxx parts. The box can also provide power to >the application circuit as well as RS232 tx/tx for debugging purposes, all >through a 5-pin connector. We built it for in-house use for our biosensor >telemetry work, but it could be cleaned up and produced commercially, >either as a naked board or in a nice little box. As a rough guess, we could >still probably make a little money on them if we sold them in the sub-$100 >range... putting it midway between the DIY programmers (such as the myriad >AN589-based designs) and some of the more expensive commercial offerings, >as well making it a sort of poor-man's ICE system. Opinions, comments, and >questions are welcome. > >Cheers, >mcb >------------------------------------------------------------------- > Matt Burch | Pinnacle Technology | tel: (785) 832-8866 > Project Engineer | 619 E. 8th St. Suite D | fax: (785) 749-9214 >mburch@pinnaclet.com | Lawrence, KS 66044 | www.pinnaclet.com >-------------------------------------------------------------------