Good point but I understand what it's like when time costs money too :-) Perhaps this would work: "load it once and then program target devices again and again." -- Martin PicDude wrote: > Hey Martin, > > Hmmm... scouring N&V and CC now, but nothing yet. Any pointers/URL's? > > BTW, you're in college, so I'm guessing your definition of "cost prohibitive" > is a bit different than mine :-) I'd say $100 would be nice, but $200 is > fine if it's a nice easy-to-use and ready-to-run solution. > > Cheers, > -Neil. > > > > On Saturday 20 January 2007 22:51, Martin Klingensmith wrote: > >> Neil, >> I've seen many handheld programmers advertised in magazines and the >> like, that claim to program everything under the sun. You might want to >> look into one of these devices. The price might be prohibitive unless >> you foresee a really good benefit versus the laptop. >> Alternatively you can probably scheme together something with a PDA + >> serial programmer. >> -- >> Martin K >> >> PicDude wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Looking for a way to easily program PICs (16F91x, 16F62x, 16F87x mostly) >>> "in the field", which for me means in cars and places that I don't easily >>> have access to 120V power. First thought is to use my laptop, and create >>> a small boost PS to raise 5V (from the mouse port or USB port) to 13V, >>> then plug in my ICD2, and have a mess or devices to carry around. >>> >>> So before I do this, let me ask -- is there a small hand-held programmer >>> that I can purchase on which I can easily download a hex file and use >>> that to program the PIC-based device? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> -Neil. >>> -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist