PIC Programmer Recommendations

Dec 13, 2005 9 Replies
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Hi all



I wish to upgrade my 16F84 PIC Programmer (the Charles Manning one from EA, about 1996) to a new one which does all (Most) PICs. Can anyone recommend a USB type please? There have been several published in SC recently. Are any of these worth looking at?



Thanks for any input



Regards



Brian (Chopper) Playne


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Have a look at:

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and family

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Don McKenzie E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/e-mail.html Micro,TTL,USB to 1.5" color LCD http://www.dontronics.com/micro-lcd.html USB,RS232 or TTL to VGA Monitor http://www.dontronics.com/micro-vga.html World's smallest USB 2 TTL Conv http://www.dontronics.com/micro-usb.html
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Thanks Don

Does it do the 'F88?

Regards Chopper
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Thanks

I had a quick look at the Software. 16F84 & 88 not listed. Poor translation to English a bit of a worry

I was after advice on ones people have actually used & can recommend on that basis, not only because they have a vested interest in the product.

Regards

Brian

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I just built me one of the JDM in-circuit programmers. The info is here:

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and here:
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I managed to stuff all the bits into a DB9 plug and I use this sucker to program the chip:
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On your board, you have a 5 pin header that the programmer plugs into with lines to Gnd, Vdd, MCLR and RB6 & RB7. It means you can upload new code without having to wrangle the chip out of the circuit. I've only tried it on a 16F84A chip so far, but it seems to work OK.

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I dont know whether the microchip programmer (picstart+) will fit your budget (i dont know what it costs) but it can upgrade itself to handle new devices as they become available. I think microchip now have a cheap USB programmer too.

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That Olimex bunch I mentioned earlier do this USB programmer that works from MPLAB

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US$80 + freight

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Thanks for all the replies. Happy new year to all.

Regards

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I was overseas by the time you asked this question, but am now back

yes it does the F88

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Don McKenzie E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/e-mail.html Micro,TTL,USB to 1.5" color LCD http://www.dontronics.com/micro-lcd.html USB,RS232 or TTL to VGA Monitor http://www.dontronics.com/micro-vga.html World's smallest USB 2 TTL Conv http://www.dontronics.com/micro-usb.html
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