Blackfin Emulator HPUSB-ICE Expensive??

[Jaggs]

Hello,

Can anyone let me know why the HPUSB-ICE, blackfin emulator is so expensive?  It costs around 4-5K$??  On the other hand ARM emulator is very low cost.

Thanks.

[NicB · Accepted solution]

HP comes from High Performance but it means High Price too.
Few equations:
HPUSB-ICE != USB-ICE =>(http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Cat=2621880&k=USB-ICE)

ULINK2 != ULINKPro => (http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Cat=2621880&k=ULINK)

FIAT != Ferrari => (no link needed)

[G-Money]

Thanks NicB for the links!!

As NicB said there are many different options out there to accomplish the same thing. It takes some digging sometimes but you can normally find a lower cost solution that can do the same thing.

Thanks again for helping out NicB!!