> The PICLIST Designer will be an amalgam of all the above tools:

A few remarks:
- forget the prototype area, it adds substantially to the cost and a
novice will be afraid to sue it because it can be used only once.
Instead add a pin-header or the like that can be easily coupled to a
'sea of pads' board (can't find the correct english term right now).
- don't provide the more expensive peripherals (like and LCD), just
provide an suitable connector
- keep the price as low as reasonably possible, $100 seems too much to
me, $50 is better, $30 would be perfect
- definitely exclude a wall-wart, but make sure the board rectifies and
has an 7805 with room for a heatsink
- take a 40-pin PIC, make it at least compatible with f877 anf f452

> > Now I will switch to more important work, like porting my Wisp628
> > programmer PC software to Python...
> Are you serious? Cool! Then I'll be able to run it on my Linux boxes.

Fully serious, but up to now I have (occasional) unsolvable problems
with serial communication using pyserial on XP. And next week I must
(also) seriously start hunting for new (freelance) work. Anyone has some
:) ?

Wouter van Ooijen
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