my sx key stopped working, the parallax programmer for Ubicom/Scenix's SX chip. it just wont generate a clock any more, which is odd, cause it will still debug. huh. was working when i left beginning of summer, get back and its all haywire. hopefully it'll get replaced.
whats scared me most is the price increase. i originally got the sx key for $60. now its $175 for a new one! highway robbery, i tell you!
i hate how badly the experimenter front of the microcontroller and embedded world is getting screwed. personally i'm finding it necessary to have to figure out some way to utilize BGA to advance beyond by humble SX chip roots. but development tools - even simple ones like my SX key - are becoming astronomically overpriced.
I am loosing hope Matt