On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Bob Axtell wrote: > > You are a man after my own heart, Spehro. That's exactly what I need in > > a hurry. There > > were TWO left at mouser, and I got one. > > > > Would you believe what I discovered about the USA? Except for Microchip, > > not ONE > > us vendor of I2C programmers costs less than $475USD... > > > > I think I am in the wrong line of work.... > > You should read my email and get the official PICkit 2 > instead. It saves you even more. > > The SEEVAL32 kit will soon be replaced by a cheaper > USB version. We got this free because we designed > in several Microchip EERPOMs since Atmel obsoleted > quite some of the 5V EEPROMs. > Another thing about SEEVAL 32, it may not reliably program some non-Microchip EEproms. We've encountered this issue. Since there is no source code for this, you can not fix it. With PICkit 2, you have a chance to fix it since you have access to the firmware and PC application source. Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist