I have two clients that would love this.....I keep forgetting to mention it to them. They would like to supply these to distributors so they can do upgrades to the products either before they sell...or after as well. Right now, one is having units sent back to update, the other sends out programmed chips. John Chung wrote: This product would MAKE an excellent field upgrade. Don't need to send a technician with a laptop or palm just to upgrade the PIC in question. But again the key is HOW to market it.... If one was to price it at USD 200 it would be rather expensive for the techinician toolbox.. John --- William Chops Westfield wrote: > > > It must be able to be loaded from a USB port on a > WinXP laptop, > > data stored in smaller SD card, storing at least > 32 files. > > > Can you dispense with USB connectivity if you can > read FAT from > an SD card? > > I agree that I'd rather have "buy at the local > drugstore" AA > alkalines than "go dead in storage" NiMH cells in > such a device. > Should work from AA Alkalines too, of course. > > I bet the ICD2 clones have enough free pins to add > an SD card > interface; add one of those USB power supplies and > you're done, eh? > (and you can use the USB power supply to recharge > your iPod too.) > > BillW > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist