On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 05:06 -0700, Bob Axtell wrote: > Xiaofan Chen wrote: > > One of the announcement in the 16-bit seminar is that Microchip will soon > > come out a cheap RealICE to give the user an cheap option for ICE. It will > > have real time capability (better than ICD2) but it will only cost US$500. > > This is much cheaper than the current ICE2000 and ICE4000. > > > > The information regarding REALICE is still sparse but the following > > website has already mentioned it. > > http://www.answers.com/topic/pic-microcontroller > > > > Regards, > > Xiaofan > > > Very good. ICD2 has too many problems for people to depend heavily on it. Really? I've depended pretty heavily on it and have rarely been disappointed. There are a few "quirks" involved when using an ICD2, and there are limitations, but as long as you keep them in mind I find it to be a wonderful tool. TTYL -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist