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Went to Microchip seminar in Richardson, Texas yesterday. The ICD is great (they demo'ed it) and will be out in mid May. Behind schedule a bit. Microchip is now sampling the PIC16F876-ES/SP now. I received two samples (the present limit) in the mail yesterday. Contact your local sales office. Ed

"John A. Craft" wrote: > > Is the MPLAB-ICD or the PIC16F876 available yet? If not, does anybody know > when? I've actually got two samples of the 16F877 in front of me (quad flat packs). I will try them as soon as I get word from Mchip on what they will cost. I am thinking of laying out the next PCB in such a way that I can use either the PIC or the ATMEL just by placing, or leaving a few zero ohm resistors. The footprints are soooooo close. The ATMEL has a few extra ground & power pins. In this way we can use Mchip until we have tested the ATMEL code fully. Our problem is that every time we change anything on the PCB or code, we *have* to get new Full Type Approval (FTA) to be able to sell our GSM-based products. FTA sets us back US$100 000 every shot, so it isn't exactly a breeze to change micro's. > And of course, how much? Too much! <G> -- Friendly Regards /"\ \ / Tjaart van der Walt X ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN spam_OUTtjaartTakeThisOuTwasp.co.za / \ AGAINST HTML MAIL |--------------------------------------------------| | WASP International | |R&D Engineer : GSM peripheral services development| |--------------------------------------------------| | Mobile : .....tjaartKILLspam@spam@sms.wasp.co.za (160 text chars) | | http://www.wasp.co.za/~tjaart/index.html | |Voice: +27-(0)11-622-8686 Fax: +27-(0)11-622-8973| | WGS-84 : 26¡10.52'S 28¡06.19'E | |--------------------------------------------------|