Quote Originally Posted by shahidali55 View Post
....tiny fraction....
PICKIT2 cost = $40 (give or take)

JDM style programmer = (tiny fraction) * PICKIT2

Time spent building a JDM style programmer = Insert hours and cost/hour

3 days of posts and time lost due to not being able to program a chip plus time searching for the solution and implementing that solution = (calculate what your time is worth here)

Being able to program a chip with an inexpensive programmer and knowing that it'll work the vast majority of the time = Priceless...

Quote Originally Posted by shahidali55 View Post
....And it does the job well.
Or does it?