Mark Rages wrote:
> The problem is, Microchip's definition of "production programmer" is
> not at all clear.

It used to be that production programmers verified the programmed data at
the Vdd limits of the chip.  Verifying with some margin is good practise in
any case, but there is more to the full spirit of a "production" programmer
than this simple requirement.  In production you have to expect parts
accross the full spec sheet range of the various parameters.  You need
something that is careful about adhering to the specs, and something that
verifies the result and itself to a good extent.  Field failures are
expensive, but the cost of a PIC programmer is very little per unit accross
all the production lots.


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