For the last few years, my ICD-1 (now ICD-2) and I
have been the "production programmer" for all the
PIC's that we use.  But the numbers are increasing
and we have a need to let the production techs
program their own stock.  I have hesitated handing
this sort of thing over because the procedures
involving the ICD-2 and MPLAB can get quite involved--
MPLAB is a development environment.   I also
suspect that an ICD-2 programming run does not exactly
yield a production-quality part.

What I'm looking for is something that will take a HEX
file--and any other necessry info and not change it
(MPLAB likes to turn Debug mode back on and other
antics) and program the device via ICSP (In-circuit
serial programming).   Ideally it would
be upgradeable as Microchip invents new parts.  Maybe
Microchip makes what we need.

It doesn't have to be zero cost, either.  It does
have to be reliable and simple.

Barry

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