> If you want USB, PICkit 2 or GTP USB Lite will be a better > solution IMHO. > > Adding the cost of a USB to serial converter to a simple > programmer will bring the cost similar to GTP USB Lite or > even PICkit 2. I know quite some people do have USB to serial > converter but other may not have. For one I do not have any > USB to serial converter. > > Take note that GTP USB Lite is very similar to Wisp628A but > it is using USB port to power up the programmer. It will be > actually quite cheap to build. The software is closed source > though but the hardware is quite simple. It supports many > PICs and even dsPICs using WinPIC800. The day... The haaaaaakerrrrrs died... Oh well... 1. Serial so it will work on all available compters, terminals, PDAs, etc... 2. No software or web server based software so the OS doesn't matter. 3. Actually shows the user what the heck is going on rather than "magic happens in this program and some signals go into the PIC and wow! Presto! It's programmed" 4. Allows a bootloader (open source) to be loaded into the PIC so that future loads are faster, still don't require software, etc... 5. Bootload programmer software for what ever open source programmer you want for other PICs and use whatever software. But at least once, you had some idea of what signals were actually being applied to the PIC.... Ok, enough said. I'll let it die now. --- James. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist