Acrylic sheet can be found at DIY store? If so I am EXCITED! John --- Mike Hagen wrote: > > Acrylic sheet, real cheap. Most plastic places have > a bin of odds and > ends and sell it by the pound. You can cut on a > table saw. > It comes with protective paper on it (usually). > The also sell the solvent glue and plastic bottle > that has a tiny > stainless steel tip. You can glue pieces together > using capillary > action. > I have used this place: > > http://paragonplasticsco.com/index.htm > > Mike Hagen > Hagen Engineering > Crestline, Ca. > Mike@HagenEng.com > (909) 338-5521 > > > > > From: "John Chung" > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > > Subject: Re: [PIC]new usb pic programmer design, > want to enter it in the piclist design contest. > Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:03:27 -0700 > > Peter, > > Where did you get the glass/plastic cover from? > Any source for it? > > Thanks, > John > > --- peter green wrote: > > > The picsquirt is a simple cheap usb pic programmer > > designed by me (peter m > > green,plugwash) it was built at the request of one > > of my lecturers to the > > following requirements > > > > 1: program the 18F452 and 18F252 (as that is what > > the uni tended to use) and > > the usb pics (so one PICSQUIRT could be used to > > program another) > > 2: use USB (since paralell and serial are fast > > dissapearing) > > 3: be cheap in terms of parts cost. > > 4: be constructable by students. > > 5: be used as an in circuit programmer with the > same > > connector as the ICD2 > > > > the device uses a PIC18F2550. A 2455 should also > > work and was used in early > > prototypes but turned out to be unavailible from > our > > regular suppliers. If > > you are building your own board and you don't care > > about size you could also > > use a 4455 or 4550. As far as targets go i've > added > > every 18 series pic that > > i have here and any 18 series pic should be easy > to > > add support for. Other > > series should be possible with new firmware. > > > > see http://www.p10link.net/picsquirt/ for more > > details > > > > I would like to enter it in the design contest > > unfortunately the PCB design > > was done using altium designer (on the > universities > > systems), do you think i > > should re-do it in a more easilly availible PCB > > package and if so what do i > > reccomend i use? the free version of eagle? > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist