Most Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: Are your development boards assembled and tested or you send them as kit?
A: Everywhere on our web pages is written that all development boards are assembled and tested, but we still keep getting this question, so we put it on the top on FAQ. Our boards are complete assembled and tested and contain all components which are seen on the pictures. Unlike our competitors who put on their web page assembled boards but selling kits we are selling complete assembled and tested development boards.

Q: Do you sell your PIC-Pxx, PIC-IO, AVR-Pxx, AVR-MT development boards with microcontrollers?
A: No. You can purchase the microcontrollers separately. Only AVR-MT-128 have ATMega128-16AI on it and PIC-PG4D board is with PIC16F84A-20/P or PIC16F628-20/P on it, all others are with just sockets.

Q: Does you header boards and starterkits contain microcontrollers?
A: Yes. AVR-Hxxx, MSP430-Hxxx, MSP430-xxxSTK, PIC-PG4D are with microcontrollers on them - what you see on the picture is what you get!

Q: Does your PIC-PG3B include ICSP cable?
A: Yes.

Q: Does your PIC-ICD1-B come with cable for the H28/H40 target microcontroller boards?
A: Yes.

Q: How can I pay?
A: We accept Visa, EC/MC, Western Union and bank T/T to our account.

Q: Do you ship C.O.D.?
A: No

Q: Does your price include the shipping to me?
A: Our price is EXW (ex-works) and doesn't include the shipping charge. Check for the different shipping option in "Shipping" section of our web site.

Q: What import tax I will pay when receive your boards?
A: PCB and electronic modules from Bulgarian origin have 0% import tax when enter in Europe, CEFTA, USA and Turkey. Please check with your local customs for the import tax if your country doesn't belong to the quoted above.

Q: Is PIC-ICD1-B compatible with MPLAB?
A: Yes. It's 100% compatible. Microchip stop supporing ICD1 since MPLAB 5.70.40 so this is the MPLAB version you should use to work with PIC-ICD-B. For the newer MPLAB 6.xx you should use PIC-ICD2 but it's more expensive, so if you work with just PIC16F87X microcontrollers PIC-ICD1-B is great choice for value/money.

Q: Is PIC-ICD2 compatible with MPLAB?
A: Yes. It's 100% compatible. You can make your upgrades with the new firmware through MPLAB. PIC-ICD2 have USB and RS232 just like MPLAB-ICD2.

Q: What is the difference between PIC-ICD2 and PIC-ICD2-TINY?
A: The only difference is that PIC-ICD2-TINY operated only from the RS232 port and needs external power supply +16-18VDC.

Q: Is MSP430-JTAG compatible with IAR KickStart software?
A: Yes. It's 100% compatible.

Q: Is AVR-JTAG-L compatible with AVR STUDIO?
A: Yes. It's 100% compatible. It's completely analog of Atmel's AVRJTAGICE and works with target devices from 3V to 5V, the only difference is that it take power from target board and doesn't need separate power supply.

Q: Is ARM-JTAG compatible with Wiggler?
A: Yes. It's 100% compatible. Our test so far are only on Philips LPC parts though, so it may work or not with other ARM uC.

Q: I sent e-mail to devrfq@olimex.com with request for quote but don't get reply. What's wrong?
A: Our e-mail filter deletes all e-mail sent from Hotmail, Yahoo etc. It's possible that we may find your e-mail through the tons of the deleted SPAM junk e-mails, but don't count on this. Use your real ISP e-mail if you want to receive reply from us ontime.