On 12/5/06, Gerhard Fiedler <lists@connectionbrazil.com> wrote:
> Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
>
> >> (Of course there are other criteria: command line operation, features
> >> like overlaying serial numbers over the hex file etc.)
> >
> > no, those are not relevant to the prototype-development distinction as
> > uChip defines these terms.
>
> Yes, but I used a more "real-life" distinction, as the Microchip
> distinction seems to be not very useful anyway in the light of what they
> say about their Flash technology.

In real life, none of the Microchip tools (PICkit 2, ICD2, Promate II,
Promate III) are good for mass production. PICkit 2 and ICD2 are both
very fragile. Promate II+ICSP adapter sucks based on my previous job
experience. Promate III with integrated ICSP adapter is better. It does
have the features like SQTP and command line version. However I
think it is still a bit fragile since I've seen various reports in Microchip
forum that that it has been destroyed. I used it once for rework (only
hundreds of boards) and it worked fine though.

Regards,
Xiaofan
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