Hi Isaac,

Someone pointed me to those last night.  Yep, I've seen the significant=20
price difference for the original Segger J-Link.  I'd have no problem=20
paying for it if I could recover that for a project, but my needs are=20
really just tinkering at this point.

There was an amphour episode with the guys from Saleae and I have to=20
sympthize with them a bit because the clones are using their software,=20
which is where a significant portion of their work is.  I also have one=20
of their (original) logic analyzers and want another as a backup, but=20
yes it's far more expensive than I think it should be.  Still tossed up=20
which way to go with this, but it's not really a priority.

Cheers,
-Neil.




On 2/5/2017 8:25 AM, Isaac M. Bavaresco wrote:
> Neil,
>
>
> This may be ethically unacceptable to some, but there are a lot of
> J-Link clones from China that work extremely well.
>
> For my first ARM project I ordered an Atmel SAM-ICE from DigiKey for
> US$100.00 (US$160.68 now) plus US$40.00 shipping plus 100% taxes
> (shipping was taxed too).
>
> Later I discovered that it is just a Segger J-Link locked to Atmel
> devices only.
>
> The less expensive unlocked Segger J-Link sells for US$378.00.
>
>
> One J-Link clone I found on AliExpress costs US$14.49 with free shipping.
>
>
> That happened to me with the Saleae Logic too. I bought an original
> Saleae Logic for US$150.00. That was easier because my niece was in the
> US and brought it to me free of taxes. But then I discovered that the
> Chinese sold clones for US$7.00 (US$9.90 now) with free shipping. I
> ordered one just out of curiosity and it worked perfectly. So I think
> that companies should rethink their price policies.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Isaac
>
>
>
>
> Em 04/02/2017 14:16, Neil escreveu:
>> I'm considering tinkering with an Atmel SAMD09 device, but unsure what
>> programming device to use.  Most Atmel links point me to a relatively
>> costly ICE debugger, which I don't need.  Anyone have a recommendation
>> for a basic pickit-2-like device?  Or even better, something like the
>> very low cost ST-LINK programmers I use for STM32 devices?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Neil.
>>
>
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