Question: Suggestion on good PIC programmer from $50..$300

Nov 30, 2005 2 Replies
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Hi,



I am new to this. I am looking for a cheap pic programmer ( as cheap as it can get ) with following.


1) Program a PIC using my laptop with USB.
2) Debug it, in circuit if possible.

I am new to this so I will be needing advice on following as well,


1) Free/Commercial compilers available.

In all I want to spend from $50 to $300 to be able to write a PIC program, debug it and get it running on the PIC.



Any help/pointers will be appreciated,



Thanks in advance.



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There are the Microchip products,

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Commercial ones like
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As well as homebrew products such as
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non USB too:
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If you have the budget, Microchip compiler is pretty good. There are various free ones too - for references see

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> > Any help/pointers will be appreciated, > > Thanks in advance.
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check for PIC-ICD2 - 100% compatible with MPLAB-ICD2 at less half price, you can use for programming and debugging

Best regards Tsvetan

PCB prototypes for $26 at http://run.to/pcb (http://www.olimex.com/pcb) PCB any volume assembly (http://www.olimex.com/pcb/protoa.html) Development boards for ARM, AVR, PIC, MAXQ2000 and MSP430 (http://www.olimex.com/dev)
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