TRUE. Everybody hates the program - test - erase
cycle.  Glad we can use emulators with PICs.
I loved my ICEPIC.  I really love my ICE 2K.
Now I hope many people begin to use the ICD
and similiar devices.  It is pretty cheap
for what you can do with it.  I will be trying my
ICD real sone to replace a 16C65 with a 16F877.
Sorry, this almost borders on OT.

W


-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Nixon [mailto:Tony.Nixon@ENG.MONASH.EDU.AU]
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 1:44 PM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: ROMzap


Ryan Pogge wrote:

> so the advantage is an easy way to update firmware in products, or an easy
> way to develop software and reprogram without ISP....
> cool...

It is certainly a time saver, especially when developing code for two or
more PICs that need to communicate with each other. I'm sure I've saved
days so far.

One thing struck me about this approach though.

You (I) tend to get a little bit slack with the code writing because it
is so easy to change if a mistake is made. Previously in the program -
bug - phooey - UV erase - program - bug - more phooey - UV erase etc...,
you tend to be more careful about what goes on the chip because it's a
pain to change it.



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