I'm sure there will be a flood of "biased" posts but here's my views.......
The NOPPP programmer is so simple to build, I could find the parts locally
and build it quicker than it would take to deliver a "professional" unit.
Additionally, software is available for:
16F83/4/(A), 16F87X and now for 16F826.
Windows software is available for all of the above
Linux software is available for all except '826 though this could be added
in two minutes..........
I've used the programmer under both Linux and Windows on my dual boot system
and it works just fine either way.......

Ben
$100-200?.... try $10 and thirty minutes...
For 16F chips, the NOPPP is a winner in my views

----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Dattalo <scott@DATTALO.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [PIC]: Linux friendly PIC programmer / software?


> On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Jeff DeMaagd wrote:
>
> > I have a friend who is looking to buy a uC kit for her husband and she's
> > budgeting about $100-$200 for one.  I did suggest the Pic Start Plus but
> > thought there are probably more suitable alternatives, as the person in
> > question is a heavy Linux user.  Are there any that are known Linux
friendly
> > and have enough software available to make it usable?
> >
> > I think it would be best to find one that supports the 16F series at
> > minimum.
>
> I use the PicStart Plus under Linux. Check out Andrew Pine's Linux driver:
>
> http://www.cosmodog.com/pic/index.html
>
> Also, you may wish to check out the Programmers Section on the GNUPIC web
> page:
>
> http://www.gnupic.org/
>
> Or you may wish to join the gnupic mailing list. There's been a flurry of
> posts on exactly this subject:
>
> http://www.linuxhacker.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi/1
>
> It looks like there's enough interest to resurrect CUMP.
>
> Scott
>
> --
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>
>
>

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