Hi Wouter,

Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
>>Maybe not a 16F648A, but wouldn't it be useful to switch to a
>>PIC which
>>could support a bootloader (16F819?), so that the firmware could be
>>updated without having to do the dance with a second chip?
>
>
> Maybe. But the self-programming chips cost more, especially when you
> consider that the bootloader part must be write-protected so it is
> essentially 'lost'.

I tend to agree with the suggested bootloader approach. The higher
chip-price is a bargain compared to a second Wisp628 to upgrade the
other.  A 4K 16F88 is less than 1 Euro more expensive than a 16F628A.

BTW would a 'WispUSB' require special USB drivers?

Regards, Rob.

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