While exploring the wondrous world of Amicus, Arduino, et al (which I became aware of only a week or two back), I came upon this rather interesting Arduino compatible. There is a link to a user manual with pinouts and a schematic. It was of special interest to me because I want to create a development board for ZBasic who use both 28 (Mega328P) and 40 pin (Mega644P) AVR chips - and I plan to shamelessly copy much of this one. Although, to keep the cost to a minimum, I'll use a serial link (DB9) and external 5V or 3V3 power supply and a socket for the two crystals needed for the two voltages.

I would think a similar board for PICs might be of interest. Since I seldom use anything but 8-pin PICs (and an occasional 16F88) I have no plans to design one but I have pointed this out to the Xino folks. Maybe Lester will see this, if he was unaware of this, and consider an Amicus version as well.