William ChopsWestfield wrote: > Programming parts IS pretty expensive. With most modern parts, > the programming time is too short to go off and do something else > while it's happening, so you're looking at someone dedicating time > to programming parts. I try to do that so that other assembly tasks can be completed while the chip is being programmed, like tightening a few screws here or hook up some other calibration equipment there or make a log entry or whatever can be done in parallel. Gerhard -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist