>  >I have used and would highly recommend the Wisp628
>
> If you are looking to the future then you should buy a
> Programmer with a USB connection.

The OP has already bought a Wisp628 kit :)

I agree that USB is probably the future, but the price of USB-to-serial
converters getting lower all the time so an RS-232- only programmer is
sufficiently 'future-proof' for the forseable future.

When doing ex-circuit programming USB can have the advantage that no
external power is needed, but for ICSP the USB power is probably no
adequate, so this disadvantage disappears.

Wouter van Ooijen

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