Oli Glaser wrote: > My goal with the whole thing was never really to > save money, just time when prototyping Note that it saves on turnaround time, not total expended time. To save on total expended time, send the boards out, do the BOM, acquire th= e parts, and then work on something else until the boards and parts arrive. ******************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products (978) 742-9014. Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .