> Think about it. Work out your estimate time to upload the program vs. the > total time to write it and debug it. I don't think this is as clear-cut as you think. I have done work were this was 1:100, but there have been extreme cases where it was more like 100:1. And that was just developing, imagine that you must burn a lot of those chips (worst case: a number just below where it would make sense to let someone else do it). -- Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products docent Hogeschool van Utrecht: www.voti.nl/hvu -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist