Kev/.

as long they don't take that long to send the board?  ;-))

Dave Smith
Cape Town
South Africa

  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Kev Pearce (kevp.com)=20
  To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.=20
  Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 5:55 PM
  Subject: Re: [PIC]: Mikroelektronica EasyPic2


  Hi,

  I ahve the EasyPIC (1) board. and their PICFlash USB programmer. I'm =
very
  happy with it and it has always sworked perfectly for me. I initially =
bought
  just the EasyPIC board and then found out it cannot be programmed from =
a
  laptop serial port or even using a USB to serial dongle due to the =
voltages
  being +- 8V and not the full +- 12V you get from a proper desktop =
serial
  port.

  So I also bought their USB programmer. It runs about 10-12 times =
faster than
  the normal serial method and it means I can put an ICSP connector in =
my
  projects and use the PICFlash USB to update code with PICs in place.

  The board and even the packaging is very professional and I went with =
them
  becuase I think the price is just about the best around. The board is =
great,
  the only comment I have is about the company (assuming its not just =
two guys
  in a shed!!). They took over six months to reply to my emails, which I
  repeatedly send every week. The phone number on their site was never
  answered, I even tried their ISP to get a message to them but no luck. =
When
  they finally replied they appologised and said they were a compnay of
  engineers and were far to busy designing and making stuff to check the
  email! I've not emailled them recently but I hope this is no longer =
the
  case.

  But all in all a great choice of board.

  Kev/.


  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: "Padu" <padu@merlotti.com>
  To: "piclist" <piclist@mit.edu>
  Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:01 PM
  Subject: [PIC]: Mikroelektronica EasyPic2


  I'm starting now with mcu's, and I just ordered the above kit from
  mikroelektronica. Anybody has anything to say? Delivery time, quality =
of the
  kit, usability, etc.
  It seems that it comes with a USB programmer too, I'll have to check =
when it
  arrives.

  Padu
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