A good programmer is important especially when one spends so much time with MCU. Yes a GOOD multimeter and oscilloscope are important. John > money to get into the PIC world. Programmer is only > a > small part of the total investment. To me a > multimeter and > an oscilloscope are much more essential than a > programmer. > Guess I am a bit biased since I am an electronics > engineer. > > > Regards, > Xiaofan > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist