[1] Easy24-33 v6 Development System is available now with 20% discount (expires 9/30/11) 

The Easy24-33 v6 is a general purpose development system for low pin count PIC24 MCUs and dsPIC DSCs. It accepts DIP packages from 14 to 28 pins and comes with a 24F16KA102 installed. Includes a boatload of on-board peripherals, integrated programmer/debugger and a large prototyping area. Demo versions of Mikro C, Basic, and Pascal compilers are included (6K program limit); the system is also compatible with MPLAB compilers and debuggers. This is the “Swiss army knife” of 16-bit development boards.

Features include:

• Every I/O pin connected to push button and LED
• I/O pins configurable with pull up/down resistors
• 2×16 character LCD w/ backlight
• Capacitive touch keypad
• 2 potentiometers
• Serial SRAM (64 Kbit) w/ SPI interface
• Serial EEPROM (1 Kbit) w/ I2C interface
• CAN transceiver and temp sensor
• UART/USB converter
• Connectors for USB, RS-232, and all port pins
• Large prototyping area
• Demo versions of Mikro C, Pascal, and Basic compilers (6K program limit)
• Supports optional ZigBee transceiver module (MRF24J40MA)

Use coupon code TPXM9L7 at [2] http://www.microchipdirect.com/ProductSearch.aspx?keywords=TMIK006