Not for save $50, just for get more experience with "PIC and USB".
PICkit2 is well documented, simply enough to "homemade" and firmware
w/source code is available, so most  errors are in your HW, not in SW.
:)

MM



> From: "Martin Mal=FD" <martin.maly@gmail.com>
> > (I have built the PICkit2 -
>
> Why would you do that? $50 seems reasonably low for the package.
>
> (I'm a late-comer; the PICkit2 was my first and only programmer. I'm al=
so
> new to the list; apologies if the reasoning is abundantly clear in prev=
ious
> context. I didn't find a message archive for the piclist.)

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