Hi, thanks for the replies,

At 7:47 PM +0000 7/4/01, Dave Dilatush wrote:
>...
>  >        At the uChip site;
>>
>  >http://www.microchip.com/0/tools/new/products/special/
>>
>>         They are offering a $99 USD Debugger - ICD Simple Suite,
>>part# DV164002.
>>
>>         Would I be correct in assuming the difference between this
>>and MPLAB ICD, at Digi-Key part #DV164001 @ $249.76 CND (~ $167 USD)
>>is the lack of the demo board in the Simple Suite.
>
>That's what I conclude from looking at it.  It appears to be the same
>ICD Module that came with my MPLAB-ICD, but instead of including the
>demo board they're throwing in samples of the 16F876 and 16F877.
>
>My opinion is the Simple Suite package is a good deal; for the extra
>US$60 the demo board cost me, it hasn't been very useful: its
>prototyping area is only about two square inches.

        I agree, and I suspect many others did too.

At 4:10 PM -0400 7/4/01, Bob Ammerman wrote:
>If you are going to be developing/debugging code for hardware that already
>exists the demo board is just about useless: buy the "Simple Suite" and
>include ICD connectors on your own boards instead. If you want to develop
>code and try out quick hardware ideas then the demo board makes sense.

        I'm not sure I can justify the $60 extra for what the demo
board provides, so I was happy to find the Simple Suite offer.


At 1:11 PM -0700 7/4/01, James Newton. Admin 3 wrote:
>If you like, you can even make an ICD yourself...
>
>http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist/freeicd/index.htm


        Thanks, this is a nice collection of info. I had run across
the beyond logic site, but the other references indicate that the ICD
has really been disected.

>
>costs $40.93 and your time.
>http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist/freeicd/allparts.htm


Heinz

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