I am really very interested and I have emailed Mark off-list. 
PICkit 1 is one of my favorite and now it can be a good learning 
tools for me as well. After Mark's email I am now leaning towards
Python already. Still GCC and VB are also possible. Maybe I will
start with Python first and later see if I can learn VB and
better my C skills.

Regards,
Xiaofan

-----Original Message-----
From: Wouter van Ooijen [mailto:wouter@voti.nl]
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 2:38 PM
To: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'
Subject: RE: [EE] Host interface software programming language

> If you need a USB example, I've ported the Pickit 1 programming
> software to Python. I can put that up for you.  It also includes a
> library for manipulation of Intel hex files.

If the OP is not interested I am. Can it run on both Windoze an Linux?

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