I can't afford the real ICE units for the PIC,
etc.
Sure you can. Have you searched for it? You cand do a
In-Circuit-Debugger for less than $20
And what are the 'host' requirements for this device? Presumably
something I don't own, so I'd have to add the cost of the host machine
and probably some proprietry OS. And the equipment needed to maintain
that host. As I said, I can't afford it.
I don't know PIC, but for the AVR equivalent the host requirements are an
RS-232 port and the ability to run gdb.
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Kevin Schoedel <schoedel at kw.igs.net> VA3TCS