As i am using various kinds of PIC processors i was in need for a prototyping board that can hold 8-pin, 20-pin & 40-pin processors. Apart from this feature i needed something that included a RS232 connector, a few LED's, keys and a LCD mount. After surfing on the net i decided to go for the QL-200 made by H-Dragon. Being sold over the net for about € 100,- (depends on vendor and/or supplied items) this board meets by far all requirements.
(overview of QL-200 board, note LCD-board & DAC not fitted)
At the moment of writing i''ve used this board quite often and i''m impressed with the quality. The onboard programmer works very good with the provided software under Windows 7 (32 bit). The only thing i could not find is a way to use the software using commandline switches. That would be very handy when using the MPLAB environment. The drawback is that you'll have to switch from MPLAB to the supplied programmersoftware to program the chip. For that reason i''m using the PICkit2 and a homemade ICD2 interface cable as described here.
