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Conrad Electronic, a german "home electronics" distributor, offers a Kit called "PICSTART-PLUS" with the following features: - Headline reads "PIC16/17CXX Development Kit" (are there others that are important?) - Support for all Microchip 8Bit PICs from 8 to 40 pin - Including "EVAL-Software MP-LAB" - Documentation for MP-LAB - Microchip CD-ROM The price is 399 DM (that«s around us$ 250). My question is, has anybody heared of this system? Maybe someone uses it? Is it reliable, or in short: Should I buy it? I only need to program a PIC once in a while, so I am not willing to spend too much money on it. On the other hand, I don«t want to waste _any_ money buying garbage... Thanks for any advice! -- | Ralf Rudolph | Dipl.-Inf. (FH) | | Artifex Editorial Services GmbH | Johanna-Melber-Weg 4 | D-60599 Frankfurt / Germany | | Phone: +49-69-962217-24 | Fax: +49-69-610351 | E-Mail: spam_OUTralfTakeThisOuTartifex.de | CompuServe: 101234,53

Ralf Rudolph <.....PICLISTKILLspam@spam@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote: > Conrad Electronic, a german "home electronics" distributor, offers a > Kit called "PICSTART-PLUS" > .... > The price is 399 DM (that's around us$ 250). My question is, has > anybody heared of this system? Maybe someone uses it? Is it > reliable, or in short: Should I buy it? > > I only need to program a PIC once in a while, so I am not willing > to spend too much money on it. On the other hand, I don't want to > waste _any_ money buying garbage... Ralf: The Picstart Plus is manufactured and supported by Microchip Technology; you'll probably be very happy with it unless you don't have a Windows machine (Picstart Plus and MPLAB only run under Windows). MPLAB (and the Picstart Plus plug-in) can be downloaded at no charge from Microchip's web site, so you should have no problems keeping up-to-date with the latest versions. The price is higher than what we pay here in the States, but I suppose that's to be expected. -Andy === Andrew Warren - fastfwdKILLspamix.netcom.com === Fast Forward Engineering - Vista, California === === Custodian of the PICLIST Fund -- For more info, see: === www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499/fund.html

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Hi I need download update Picstart Plus file PSP12100.HEX. D'ont find this file, please you have this file for my??

Thanks --

Juan Manuel Muñoz

ADECOM (Andaluza de Comunicaciones)

El Puerto de Santa Maria (CADIZ) Spain

Hi Ralf! Ich weiss nicht genau, was Conrad da verkauft, aber ich vermute, es ist das selbe, was ich gerade benutze. Obwohl ich meine, dass meins etwas weniger gekostet hat (aber ich muesste nachsehen). Ich bin zufrieden mit dem Teil, funktioniert. Es gibt bei mir nur ein kleines Software-Problem: Es scheint an der Kommunikation zwischen der Windows-Software MP-LAB und dem Programmiergeraet zu hapern, ab und zu passiert Unsinn, da wird z.b. ein geloeschter PIC als beschrieben erkannt und so - aber das koennte evtl schon in neueren Versionen von MP-LAB behoben sein. -- Stefan Bormann .....s.bormannKILLspam.....tu-bs.de www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~toci/stefan_d.htm

Sorry for the last email in German, should have been a private reply. OK, now that this happend, a translation: Ralf Rudolph asked about experiences with PICSTART PLUS from Conrad Electronics. I don't know exactly what Conrad Electronics is shipping, but I guess it is the same I use. I can recommend it, it works ok for me. I think mine was bought for a smaller price, though. There is only one minor software problem with the communication between MP-LAB and the programmer, for example erased chips are not recognized properly - but this may be fixed in current versions of mp-lab!?? -- Stefan Bormann EraseMEs.bormannspam_OUTTakeThisOuTtu-bs.de www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~toci/stefan_d.htm

Ralf, I have purchased PICstart Plus from Digi-Key in the United States for $199.00US. I have been quite impressed with the value of the package. To date I have programmed only 16C84 chips. As a novice PIC programmer I find the simulator that is part of MPLAB (included in the bundle) to be a great time saver.

Ralf Rudolph wrote: {Quote hidden}> > Conrad Electronic, a german "home electronics" distributor, offers a Kit > called "PICSTART-PLUS" with the following features: > > - Headline reads "PIC16/17CXX Development Kit" (are there others that are > important?) > - Support for all Microchip 8Bit PICs from 8 to 40 pin > - Including "EVAL-Software MP-LAB" > - Documentation for MP-LAB > - Microchip CD-ROM > > The price is 399 DM (that«s around us$ 250). My question is, has anybody > heared of this system? Maybe someone uses it? Is it reliable, or in short: > Should I buy it? > > I only need to program a PIC once in a while, so I am not willing to spend > too much money on it. On the other hand, I don«t want to waste _any_ money > buying garbage... > > Thanks for any advice! > > -- > > | Ralf Rudolph > | Dipl.-Inf. (FH) > | > | Artifex Editorial Services GmbH > | Johanna-Melber-Weg 4 > | D-60599 Frankfurt / Germany > | > | Phone: +49-69-962217-24 > | Fax: +49-69-610351 > | E-Mail: ralfspam_OUTartifex.de > | CompuServe: 101234,53 hi there, try Newfound Electronics programmers WWW.Newfound.com Best regards Nikos Papaioannou CYPRUS

The PICSTART- Plus has worked well for me. Mark A. Corio Rochester MicroSystems, Inc. 200 Buell Road, Suite 9 Rochester, NY 14624 Tel: (716) 328-5850 --- Fax: (716) 328-1144 http://www.frontiernet.net/~rmi/ ***** Designing Electronics For Research & Industry *****