Bob Axtell <engineer@cotse.net>
> In any case I believe the market needs a totally portable programmer that
> could be connected to a product using a PIC without any grounding issues,
> which is the main problem now. A production  line needs this, and there
> should be a huge field service angle. It would need to be battery
> powered, but recharged and loaded by a USB connection. It should be
> capable of RS232 operation as well, to be operated by DOS systems (some
> third world manufacturing lines use a lot of DOS systems).

Have you seen the "TEAclipper/PIC", a product outlined by Richard Hoptroff
in his article about firmware development in the January issue of Circuit
Cellar (#210)? It sounds very much like the sort of thing you're looking
for here.

His company is FlexiPanel <http://www.flexipanel.com/>, and the product
is currently featured on their homepage.

-- Dave Tweed
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