On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 08:56:29AM +0100, Nigel Orr wrote:
> pic microcontroller discussion list <> wrote on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 6:37
> AM:
>
> > As much as I bow to Mr. Tait for his great programmer, I'm thinking
> > that it's run it's course and it may be time for me to upgrade.  I
> > still can't verify PIC's after programming, and it may be the
> > programmer HW, software, PC port, or a combo of these, but I'd like
> > consider this from the standpoint of a fresh slate.  Would love to
> > hear what's available nowadays that will meet the following needs...
>
> Picstart Plus works well for me, as a development programmer.  Well
> supported, reliable (except the early power supplies!), and works under
> linux.  You don't get the sheer satisfaction of building it yourself(!),
> but it gives you more time to build your own designs instead of fighting
> with the inadequacies of someone else's...

But the cost is a killer. At the very least consider a Warp 13 an alternative
at half the cost ($100 USD vs. $200 USD for the PS+)

As one of those programmer designer you alluded to above, I personally find
them all overrated. Bootloaders are so effective, that given a choice I'd
always use it. In fact the only reason I maintain the TLVP programmer site
is to provide a venue for dumping a bootloader into a chip. I wish that MChip
would make their entire line self programmable, or at the very least provide
one chip in each family that is self programmable.

BAJ

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