Hi

I recently purchased a KitsRus K149 USB/Serial
programmer cos I only have USB on the laptop.

It is really very good. Few small problems
matching the firmware and software versions
but other than that not bad for $50 US.

Have a look at K149/K150 at www.kitsrus.com.

jon

--On Friday, August 22, 2003 2:11 PM +0200 Wouter van Ooijen
<wouter@VOTI.NL> wrote:

>>  > 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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