gnupic: Thread: tait style programmer software

Hi,

Been lurking for a while now - nothing to contribute.

But now, it's time to get my hands dirty. I need some software to drive
a 'Tait' style programmer. Command line or GUI. Where do I go?

I have been selling the P16PRO kit by DIY Electronics for some time now,
but they have decided to sell through one outlet only in the UK. So, I
have mede up my own kit, with the addition of a socket for a serial
eeprom of the IIC variety.

Does anyone care to write some software to program serial eeproms
(24Cxx)? The interface is the 'Tait' style - clock and data being the
RB6/RB7 pins that program the micro.

Failing anyone taking up the challenge to write the seria eeprom stuff,
I would still like to test the hardware in the Linux environment. So
please point me in the direction of some suitable software.

BTW. If anyone does take up the challenge, I will donate a programmer
kit - on completion of course!

Rgds...

...Andy

I did a EEPROM , reader / programmer in VB a couple of years back ( I
didn't have a choice of languages at the time ) as part of a logger
project. It wouldn't take much to modify it for one of the Tait style
boards ( I did my own board from scratch at the time , it only involves
a 7407 , (3) 3k3 resistors and a 78L05 , gives access to the reset line
plus clk and data ) . Not exactly what you described but it's a starting
point , also have a progam written for a 12C508 to dump data into a
24C65 as part of the same project . If there is any interest I have full
rights , and am willing to put it out under GNU . Anyone need a very low
power data logger ( 1 year on three AA batteries ) ?
    I'm thinking it may be time to do a larger programmer project ,
maybe a PIC programmer that starts life as a Tait style , then after
programming a 16F84 , changes to serial communications with the 16F84
handling the time critical stuff ( a plug in cable to the 16F84 socket
for the first bootstrap programming ) , could add the higher and lower
test voltages and a few extra line for doing the EEproms .