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Can't think of anything worse to play with (PIC)! There's plenty of ARM7 based devices/prototype boards out there that will be a million times easier, less frustrating and more gratifying to play with!

Why hobbyists still persist with PIC's/AVR's is beyond me!

The PIC in this case is just for glue. Most of the brain is inside a Dalsemi/Maxim TINI Java stick thing.