gnupic: Re: [gnupic] Getting started: programmer choice?
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] Getting started: programmer choice?
From:
Ralph Corderoy ####@####.####
Date:
15 Mar 2008 10:16:03 -0000
Message-Id: <20080315101601.97E8D147A94@blake.inputplus.co.uk>
Hi Xiaofan,
> On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Phil Endecott
> ####@####.#### wrote:
> > I'm more concerned about programming. I need to buy a programmer
> > and software to drive it (which is not included in gputils, right?).
> > Are all / most of the programmers compatible at the interface level?
> > (I'm guessing that they may all be clones of Microchip's own
> > programmers.) Ideally it would be USB since other ports are becoming
> > rare. Can someone recommend one?
>
> Microchip PICkit2 at US$35 (plus shipment) is the best supported
> programmer under Linux. It supports virtually all Flash PICs
> (PIC12F/16F/18F/18J, PIC24, dsPIC30, dsPIC33, EEPROMs, etc).
>
> PICKit 2 webpage: http://www.microchip.com/pickit2
>
> PICkit 2 support under Linux: right now pk2cmd Linux port is the one
> you want to use. http://home.pacbell.net/theposts/picmicro/
Ah, good, I was interested in the answer too. Sounds like USBprog have
made the right decision in pretending to be a pickit2. It's a nice
little programmer, open hardware and firmware, intended to be able to do
the role of many different programmers.
http://www.embedded-projects.net/index.php?page_id=165
http://www.embedded-projects.net/index.php?page_id=218
Also available from Elektor at a reasonable price. (I have no
connections with any of these, just like the hardware.)
Cheers,
Ralph.
