In message "Dan Smith" wrote: > Just saw this on the CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO Yahoo group - > http://www.autoartisans.com/cnc/prgm1.htm > > It's a homemade CNC X-Y table with a PIC programmer on the Z axis. > Looks pretty handy for programming frames of PCBs. Now that's nifty. Add a little printer mech (or label placer?) and you could have it mark the boards that failed programming. The Parallax "inkjet printer kit" might be useful as a base if you wanted to do that. That said, I haven't seen a FLASH PIC fail to program for any reason other than operator error. Usually along the lines of forgetting to set the PSU to 5V instead of 3V when removing code protection. I might have a go at building a CNC. I've got a pair of dead HP Laserjet IIIs that I snaffled the main drive motors from. Only problem is, the shaft isn't the standard "half round" one you find on most motors - it looks like one continuous worm gear. To date, I haven't found anything I could use to mate it to a leadscrew. That said, I still need to track down some leadscrews and some metal rails. Copper or brass pipe might be an option, but wouldn't be very resistant to damage (one dent and you get to replace the rails sort of thing). -- Phil. | Kitsune: Acorn RiscPC SA202 64M+6G ViewFinder philpem@dsl.pipex.com | Cheetah: Athlon64 3200+ A8VDeluxeV2 512M+100G http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | Tiger: Toshiba SatPro4600 Celeron700 256M+40G -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist