There is also the 'Maximite'. MJ On 20-Sep-11 16:40, James Nick Sears wrote: > My opinion is that it's a valuable tool in some circumstances and that > giving people who don't know the full stack of EE from silicon to softwar= e > the ability to put projects together is a good thing. Obviously it's > anyone's right to disagree on either count. > > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Michael Wattersonwro= te: > >> On 20/09/2011 16:57, James Nick Sears wrote: >>> I think you just said it's quite a lot for the money. Unless you >> typically >>> work for around the minimum wage. >> No, because invariably writing the SW takes longer and several expensive >> shields are needed for what can be a couple of cheap chips on your >> prototype board. >> >> Also you'll spend hours trying to get a suitable box for it. >> >> PIC main controller + USB to PC + 433MHz RX + I2C slave based PIC RDS >> encoder + LCD + IR TX + IR 38KHz OOK RX + FM Stereo TX >> >> http://www.techtir.ie/node/1003804 >> >> Would have taken longer, more expense and bigger box with an A. >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ& list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .