digikey will do programming before they ship.... andy ----- Original Message ----- From: Sanjay Punjab To: Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 7:20 PM Subject: [PIC]: Need to program 1000+ PICs with firmware > I will need between 1000- 10,000 PIC microcontrollers > programmed with a custom firmware design. Paying > someone to use a $100 programmer all day to burn > firmware in these devices is not feasible, which is > probably why there are companies that specialize in > this function. > I would rather not ship the devices directly to the > end user that licenses my technology, in efforts to > protect my firmware designs. I guess I have two > options. One, is to have Microchip program the devices > before they ship them to me or directly to the end > user that licenses my technology. I am just not sure > if 1K units is above the minimum for factory firmware > programming. The other option, is to have one of these > other companies program these devices, where I would > ship the devices to this company or have Microchip or > the distributor ship the PICs to the company. Can > anyone recommend such a company, that offers > competitive rates? Roughly how much per unit, do they > companies charge. > My biggest concern when dealing with these type of > companies, is that they are reliable, where they are > carefull to enable code-protection in the PICs to > protect my firmware designs before shipping the > programmed PICs to my licensee end-user. Thanks. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.