On 1/15/06, kravnus wolf wrote: > FreeScale "Official" development tools are expensive! > I don't see one for students....... Are they > serious in competing with Microchip? > I guess they are very serious since I have met quite some distributors trying to push for HC908. ;-) I know they hire one of the top engineer from Microchip China. ;-) Their price is also very competitive compared to Microchip. There are some new tools (similar to ICD1/ICD2) available now quite good price. For example, one of the previous regional manager of Microchip has developed an ICD tool for HC908 and it only costs US$49. The URL is here: http://www.hensetech.com.hk/devtools_e.htm http://www.freegeeks.net/ also has some links. Regards, Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist