Wow! That's cheaper than the little 8051-based LPC932 kit!

:-0

who, but a hobbyist should care about the price of a devboard, if the chip is $2 less.

Ap has stated "we are going to use ... for production" and then complains about a $68 debugging/programming interface.

If you are producing what does the cost of tools matter, if you make 10.000 thingies, the cost of e.g. Keil is $0.20 per unit.

Now, someone is going to say "but we only plan to make 50 thingies, so it is not $0.20". True, but how does the cost of a tool compare to the cost of 100 hours of engineering time.

I would NEVER do professional work in an environment where a few 100s tool cost would make management tell me to be without.

Erik