J D wrote:

> My question is what do other people use to program the EEPROM with when you 
> have to load several thousand hex numbers in order to use a device?

You can use a universal programmer (or any other programmer that does
EEPROMs of the type you want to use), you can make your own quick PIC
firmware that programs the EEPROM from data that comes through the serial
port, or you can include that functionality into your project (easy if it
has a serial port or USB etc already).

Gerhard

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