Re: USB programmer

> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:20 PM, <jesse@...> wrote:
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>> I am very new to pic programming, but am very excited to learn! I have been
>> looking for a USB powered pic programmer that will run on my laptop, which
>> currently has Fedora Core 7. There are several options, but before I pull
>> the trigger I'd like to hear from someone who has had success with this.
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> I think PICkit2 is a good choice and there is a command line tool for Linux
> for that -- I use it with VirtualBox/WinXP instead as then I can use it with
> MPLAB with debug features as well.
>
> The official website for that is:
> http://www.microchip.com/pickit2
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> You can even build a clone by yourself like:
> http://www.mcuhobby.com/articles.php?article_id=7
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> Cheers,
> Tamas
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>> The project I'm working on is a remote signal switching application, where
>> there would be a 16F627 at either end to receive 8 possible inputs, 8 to 1
>> mux them, send the result over to the other side which would demux and
>> trigger relays.
>>
>> I have been doing programming for over 10 years, but this is my first foray
>> into hardware. So far the simple programs I have written run fine on the
>> simulator I found, now I'm ready to start flashing chips!
>>
>> Thanks much in advance,
>> Jesse Cronce
>>
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