On April 27, 2005 05:09 pm, John J. McDonough wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "PicDude" > Subject: Re: [BUY]: Contract assembly services > > > On Wednesday 27 April 2005 06:03 pm, Olin Lathrop scribbled: > > > How do you expect to program the PICs? At those volumes you need > > > at > > least > > > > a somewhat automated process. > > > > Yes. > > Doesn't need to be so automated. One minimum wage high school kid per > shift on one programmer, that's less than a month's work. Dreary, > boring work, but some kids would find that preferable to flipping > burgers. Sounds sort of like my 1st co-op program punching restaurant ID cards. Was rather a mechanical process for an electronic terminal but students got to start somewhere. =-) 500 PICs get programmed pretty quick, even if it's maybe 50 per day. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist