>I've ruled Olin's idea out for the time being as I would
>like to separate with as little cash as possible ...

Check to see if Microchip are still being as generous with their sample 
program, as they have been in the recent past. I seem to remember something 
about them wanting to charge postage, although the samples are still free.

Check it out, you could still get a DSPic for 0 cost ...

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