Herbert Graf <PICLIST@mitvma.mit.edu> wrote:

> [$100 for a development board] still remains WAY to expensive for a
> hobbiest. .... It cost me a total of about $10 to start with PICs,
> and that was the cost of the PIC.

Herbert:

Ok, so you already had a power supply, LEDs, breadboard, oscillator,
etc., so starting with PICs only cost $10.

If you already have that stuff, starting with the EZ-USB is just as
inexpensive; the dev boards are really only necessary for people who
need a complete, assembled board.

-Andy, who really didn't mean for this to become an EZ-USB discussion


=== Andrew Warren -- aiw@cypress.com
=== Principal Design Engineer
=== Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
===
=== Opinions expressed above do not
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=== Cypress Semiconductor Corporation

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