Howard Winter wrote:
> Well I just ran through it, using Jameco, Glitchbuster, and a UK
> supplier (as appropriate) and I make the total cost (including your PCB
> at $13.95) to be about US$37.50, excluding taxes, postage, with no
> mark-up and ignoring minimum quantities (the stick-on feet, for
> example, are sold by the hundred!).
>
> That's for the populated PCB with a *blank* PIC - the cable and
> wall-wart aren't included.  Adding the latter two makes it about US$44.
> I've used the MOQ prices for these - bulk buying would reduce it
> somewhat.
>
> Wouter's Wisp628 kit is US$23.30, admittedly for a much less
> sophisticated device, but you know what hobbyists are like!

Yes, I totally misjudged two things.  First, I had no idea how difficult and
expensive it is to get parts from Jameco outside the US.  They are certainly
cheap and easy here.  Second, I assumed that anyone that was enough of a
hobbyist to want to build a PIC programmer would either have most of the
jellybean parts around or wouldn't mind buying more to add to the
collection.

Now that I see how things are going, I'm serious about offering a complete
kit once I get the first production run of ProProgs off my plate.

> Were you planning to program the PICs?

Yes, a programmed 16F648A would be part of the kit.


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