PICs programmer

I would suggest searching on Ebay for a used Data I/O Unisite,

Although a potentially expensive solution (software updates run about $1,200 or so per year), any of those units will program all three of the chips you mention.

The first one (16F628) must be very new, as Data I/O's programming algorithm for it is in Beta. The other two have been fully supported by the Unifamily software since release 6.7 (we're currently at 7.7).

Happy hunting.

Get the Microchip ICD-2. It's not that expensive and is rock solid. However, it won't program the 16F628, it is too old - It WILL program the 16F628A though, go figure. I got the ICD-D, and put the ICSP pins on the board to program chips after they are mounted. For those that I don't want to do this with (like the 8 pin ones) I use the Microchip "Universal Programming Module", which, for Microchip, is quite cheap.

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: Hello, : I need help to acquire a programmer of PICs that works perfectly. : I have Warp-13 NewFound Electronic and another of the manufacturer Olimex, : neither one assist my demand. I am wanting to program 16F628, 16F874 and : 16877. : I would like to know where I can buy a programmer to be reliable, because up : to now I spent money without having a satisfactory result, only a mistake.

: TIA : - : Fernando Carvalho

I think the Warp13a can do these? Perhaps you can mod the 13 to the 13a?

Which Olimex programmer are you using? I use the MCP-USB version and have no troubles programming these PICs. I use MPLAB for the assembler-it recognizes the Olimex as a PIC Plus programmer and burns the PIC from within MPLAB.

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Hi, This guy Fernando doesn't use any Olimex programmer, he is just shameless liar. I saw this post and I was very surprised that few days after the same Fernando send to us inquiry to purchase PIC-MCP-C which he quotes above as he have and can't use. On my question why he is posting negative messages for products he never had he replied as follows:

----- Original Message ----- From: Fernando ( snipped-for-privacy@centroin.com.br) To: Support OLIMEX Ltd. Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 7:36 PM Subject: Re: PIC MCP

I won't answer that message, because I am under the impression that you didn't understand my complaint, that happens when it is if working with people that it is not very intelligent.

I was wanting to buy a product PIC-MCP, however I won't buy after I received his message. I understand that you don't have any merchant profile and stops selling a product to criticize any message. Of this it sorts things out you won't go very far as merchant and from now on I will be a big one criticize negative of their products that are a s*it.

I will buy a product much better than that dirt that you manufacture.

Fernando Carvalho ( Brazil translator of ic-prog )

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Now go figure how to believe on everything peoples write in Usenet newsgroups ;)

Best regards Tsvetan