While I am doing just what Andrew suggests I would like to be able to 
buy a block of PID's or better still be given, while I am using the 
18f4550's to do my USB and a ICD2 I have not brought any development 
boards from MC so I would suit me a lot better if you could quote proof 
of purchase of their chips to get a block.

Ake,
there are some good samples avail from MC, go to the home page and look 
for the link to USB and follow your nose..


regards

Lee McLaren


Andrew Warren wrote:

>Mike Harrison <piclist@mit.edu> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>The subject of USB VID/PID allocations for low-volume users has
>>come up recently - I had a thought on how Microchip could help
>>users with this : Microchip get a VID allocated for products using
>>its USB parts. 
>>
>>When you buy an ICE processor module or eval board supporting a USB
>>part, you get a few PIDs allocated with it (maybe 16), and
>>additional ones can be requested by quoting the serial number. 
>>    
>>
>
>    Since you already don't care about being certified, or being able
>    to use the USB logo on your product, why go to that much trouble?
>    Why not just pick any arbitrary VID/PID combination that isn't
>    already known to Windows XP? 
>
>    -Andrew
>
>=== Andrew Warren -- aiw@cypress.com
>=== Principal Design Engineer
>=== Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
>=== (but open to offers)
>=== 
>=== Opinions expressed above do not
>=== necessarily represent those of
>=== Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
>
>  
>

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