How about a Bitwhacker? Sparkfun has kits and pre-built boards for  
less than $30.

-marc

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On 1-Nov-08, at 9:47, PicDude <picdude2@avn-tech.com> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> Now that I have completed the USB course, I'm looking for a simple  
> dev board
> so I can experiment with USB code to create and play with various  
> devices
> (HID, mass storage, etc).  I was going to layout a simple board for a
> 18F4550 and add it to one of my PCB orders, etc, but in the essence  
> of time
> I don't mind spending some extra $$ to get something ready made.
>
> I found a number of candidates from $29 (Olimex bare-bones USB  
> board) to
> $400 (Microchip Explorer 16 with daughterboards, etc).  Included in  
> this are
> Olin's $75 board, some $52-$65 options from microcontrollershop.com,  
> and
> this $89 devasys unit... http://www.devasys.com/usbi2cio.htm .   
> Futurelec
> also has this interesting $47 board with some breadboard space...
> http://www.futurlec.com/PIC18F4550_Board_Technical.shtml
>
> Anyone here used one of these and can recommend for or against any  
> of these?
> I'd think $50-$100 would be a fair price for my needs.
>
> Cheers,
> -Neil.
>
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