I saw that one through here...
http://www.opencircuits.com/BitWacker_PIC_USB_Development_Board

It seems to be a USB-to-serial emulator, which is not really what I'm after. 
I want to develop actual USB code and have it show up as mass storage, HID,
etc devices.

Cheers,
-Neil.



Marc Nicholas-2 wrote:
> 
> 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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