>I've been stung by that. Bought a few Coldfire CPUs, then
>found out the BDM debugging/programming pod costs about =A3200...

OK, so about the same cost as an ICD2 ...

>Apparently it's just a high-speed GAL on a PCB. Maybe =A320
>worth of parts at the absolute most.

OK, so about the same as an ICD2 ...

But there is information out on the web that looks like you can build a
complete BDM unit without getting anything from Freescale/Motorola.

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