Liam O'Hagan wrote:
> Isn't this how most 'proper' programmers work?
>
> Download a hex file from a PC to some onboard memory, which then uses
> a PIC to program the target PIC...

I don't see anything improper in the host sending the data to the programmer
as needed.  It has to send it once anyway, so why not program it on the fly?
That pushes more of the complexity on the the host computer where it's
easier to deal with.


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