Olin, Nice looking dev boards but in fact the concept is really quite different. I came up with the idea of the TAP board after 2 recent projects. The first was a project for a friend who needed to send a script of commands to a servo controller to drive a robot. The robot needed to go through a simple sequence with "no brains" required. Push a button, make the motion. A PIC putting out ASCII commands was all that was needed. The servo control board even handled TTL levels. Due to time constraints, I used a board I had that's similar to yours but it was entirely overkill for the project. A relatively expensive board was tied up supporting this project....and after several weeks, I still don't have it back. A better solution is a "throw away" board that's so cheap I wouldn't worry about getting it back. The second application was for my servo clock. Again, nothing much beyond a basic PIC circuit required. For the first clock, I assembled the circuit on a piece of perf board - workable but time consuming. A TAP board can be assembled for less $10 if you have a quantity of PCBs made (I had 30 boards made for $90). I can use a $10 board and not be concerned about getting it back. Not the case for a $90 dev board. Some projects justify the cost and can make good use of the breadboard area. Jon On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Olin Lathrop wrote: > > This is roughly the same concept behind my ReadyBoard series, although > these > contain more of the power supply and support for peripherals like the UART > right on board. Probably the most important difference is that the > ReadyBoards all include a breadboard area so that the board becomes the > complete project. They also come fully assembled. I thought of kits, but > with modern manufacturing capabilities, a kit would be more expensive than > to have the full board assembled. > > There are currently two variants. The ReadyBoard-01 > (http://www.embedinc.com/products/ready01) if for generic 28 pin PICs like > your board. The ReadyBoard-02 (http://www.embedinc.com/products/ready02) > is > for a 28 pin USB PIC, like the 18F2550. > > > ******************************************************************** > Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products > (978) 742-9014. Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist