[Yaaarc] PIC Programmer

Neal Probert nprobert at probestar.com
Mon Sep 24 13:23:06 EDT 2007


Look for the PIC link on the YAAARC website.

Many of us a are familiar with the Melabs programmer for the PIC.  Corsa 
uses it.

If there's additional information, we should add it.

Robert wrote:
> I'm interested doing some development on the 8 Bit PIC processors and am
> looking for a no fuss USB programmer that supports a wide range of
> processors, yet I need an inexpensive solution (< $100).  I'm on the windows
> platform.  I'd like to support the PIC10 family as well as the PIC18,
> additional families are a plus.  I don't need to support everything, just a
> decent range for robotics projects.
>
>  
>
> Internet searches turned up many individuals recommending the MPLAB ICD 2,
> but this a bit more than I'd like to spend.  I like the IDE supplied by
> Microchip's MPLAB, as well as the free C compilers supplied.  The Microchip
> PICkit 2 Starter Kit seems ideal, put is apparently limited to a handful of
> processors, and I'd like to be able to support in circuit debugging. The
> Microchip PICkit Debug Express supports debugging, but it requires costly
> "headers" to support additional processors.  
>
>  
>
> Also, there are some reasonably priced MPLAB ICD 2 clones on ebay, but the
> information on these is limited, and I'm not sure if these are supported,
> reasonable quality products. 
>
>  
>
> I wondered if any of the YAARC members would be willing to share their
> experiences or have suggestions concerning PIC Programmers.
>
>  
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
>  
>
> Robert Langenderfer
>
>  
>
>  <http://www.digitalperspective.com>  
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