At 12:26 PM 4/12/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>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

Here is Microchip's new programmer. I have not looked at it yet,
don't know about availability either.

http://www.microchip.com/1010/pline/tools/picmicro/code/pm3/index.htm

Best regards,

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