I ended up just picking up a proper PICDEM FS USB Demo board -- got it for
$48 net.

Cheers,
-Neil.



Marc Nicholas-2 wrote:
> 
> Its a PIC 18F25XX on a PCB with supporting logic - you can do what you
> please with it once you throw away the firmware :) Free bootloader
> included!
> 
> -marc
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/2/08, PicDude <picdude2@avn-tech.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> 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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