>The nice thing about microcontrollers such as PICs is that you can embed
>special algorithms into the chip, and the product is then often a fair =
bit
>harder to casually copy. If you did the same thing with jellybean chips,
>it would be much easier.

Another thing that's worth doing where you have the space is to add some =
hidden functionality, so
you can prove that someone copied your code instead of re-engineering =
their own.

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