USB programmer

[jesse-56]

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.

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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[Tamas Rudnai]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:20 PM, <jesse@...> wrote:

> 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.


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

You can even build a clone by yourself like:
http://www.mcuhobby.com/articles.php?article_id=7

Cheers,
Tamas

>
>
> 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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[Peter Restall]

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:20:54 -0600, Jesse Cronce wrote:

> 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.
>
> [snip]

Afternoon Jesse.

I've just recently purchased a PICKit2 for use on my Ubuntu laptop (8.04 Hardy
Heron).  I've got to say that I'm very impressed with it, despite the various
corner-cutting people say about it.  It took a little bit of fiddling to get
it working though, but nothing major - you'll probably find Xiaofan's blog a
good starting point should you decide to go this route:

        http://mcuee.blogspot.com/search/label/PICKit

Before the PICKit2 I used a few JDM programmers, but they're not USB-based.
The PICKit2 is definitely superior to the couple of JDMs I have; and it didn't
cost that much either (eBay).  Even through regular retailers it's very
reasonably priced.  You'll probably want to get an adapter/knock up a simple
board/use ICSP for your designs though, since it's fitted with a 5-pin header
rather than a traditional ZIF or DIP socket.

And somebody may correct me on this (I've just recently picked up PICs too so
not had a great exposure myself), but I think the 16F627 is an old part - the
16F627A is newer, but not sure how much newer.  Somebody with experience of
the various chips (of which there are a fair few !) should be able to give
you a run-down.  Probably not important if this is just a hobby exercise
though.

Regards,

Pete Restall

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[mengjin su]

all,

 

I have PICkit2 clone kit for sale! See my web site www.fun4diy.com

 

MS
 

> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:32:23 +0100
> From: tamas.rudnai@...
> To: gnupic@...
> Subject: Re: [gnupic] USB programmer
>
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:20 PM, <jesse@...> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
>
> 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
>
> You can even build a clone by yourself like:
> http://www.mcuhobby.com/articles.php?article_id=7
>
> Cheers,
> Tamas
>
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > 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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[Jean-Daniel Nicoud]

> I've just recently purchased a PICKit2 for use on my Ubuntu laptop (8.04 Hardy
> Heron).  I've got to say that I'm very impressed with it, despite the various

For those interested in playing with different PICs, Didel has three
boards compatible with the Pickit2 (with additional connectors for the
UART and logic tools).
     http://www.didel.com/08micro/MicroPubE.pdf
The Microdule set is an original flexible hardware, very cheap because
it's kits, easy to solder.
Delivery to Europe and US by priority mail in few days.
JDN
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http://www.didel.com   DIDEL SA  Mouette 5 CH-1092 Belmont   Switzerland

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[jesse-56]

I'm going to try installing virtual kit and winXP tonight. If I can  
get this to work, I think this will be the way to go. Thanks!

Quoting Tamas Rudnai <tamas.rudnai@...>:

> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:20 PM, <jesse@...> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>
> 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
>
> You can even build a clone by yourself like:
> http://www.mcuhobby.com/articles.php?article_id=7
>
> Cheers,
> Tamas
>
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> 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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[Anselmo Luginbuhl]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 07:20:54AM -0600, jesse@... wrote:

> 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.
>
> 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

Hi,

I suggest the project of a friend of mine. I've personally used it on some pic,
and he use it regularly. It work's perfectly for most of the pic but not all
have been tested, it need testing to resolve bugs as any other project, and the
devlopper is generally very responsive if you have feedbacks.

The device is USB powered and there are softwares for both windows and linux.

But you have to build it.

http://openprog.altervista.org/

Naturally I suggest to use it, as having a well tested USB programmer as on
open source project would be a good thing. And it need testers, and feedbacks if
problem arise.

Until now I never got problem using it.

Anselmo
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