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a real homemade pic programmer with ICSP capabilities - ydexter - Mar 22 6:59:00 2004


Hello,

I want to bring in attention an old subject but in another light. I
use JDM programmer as a PIC serial programmer. I read that it supports
ICSP but I'm not sure.

My question is what is a good programmer on the web with all those :
- can be build home (no problem if many components involved)
- has a true power supply, to avoid hazardous signaling
- respect microchip programming standards for PIC
- can deal with all (at least most popular) PICs
- can be use with a software programmer (windows or freebsd OSes)
- can support ICSP ( is this related to the programmer or not? )

As I said , I use JDM serial programmer, but from what I saw on the
schematic description, there are some spikes in the signal, the power
supply and signals are not so true generated, and I experienced some
failures if I used serial cables longer than 1 m.

I can't spend $100 for a microchip pic programmer, you know with $100
you can buy a powerful GPU graphic card, which is far more powerfull
than a PIC programmer.

thanks




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Re: a real homemade pic programmer with ICSP capabilities - Dave Mucha - Mar 22 8:24:00 2004

--- In , "ydexter" <ydexter@y...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to bring in attention an old subject but in another light. I
> use JDM programmer as a PIC serial programmer. I read that it
supports
> ICSP but I'm not sure.
>
> My question is what is a good programmer on the web with all those :
> - can be build home (no problem if many components involved)
> - has a true power supply, to avoid hazardous signaling
> - respect microchip programming standards for PIC
> - can deal with all (at least most popular) PICs
> - can be use with a software programmer (windows or freebsd OSes)
> - can support ICSP ( is this related to the programmer or not? )
>
> As I said , I use JDM serial programmer, but from what I saw on the
> schematic description, there are some spikes in the signal, the
power
> supply and signals are not so true generated, and I experienced some
> failures if I used serial cables longer than 1 m.
>
> I can't spend $100 for a microchip pic programmer, you know with
$100
> you can buy a powerful GPU graphic card, which is far more powerfull
> than a PIC programmer.
>
> thanks There are a couple other considderations.

One is that you can buy a programmer from MicroChip for under $50.00.

You can buy the Wisp628 for under $30.00

or a JDR kit for around $20.00

all support ICSP, and Wisp is strictly ICSP.

Second thing goes to the cost of making something.

How much would you charge to make me a pencil ? you would need to
get the wood, the lead, some metal and rubber, along with some paint.

Don't worry about sharpening it, I can do that part.

And remember, I can buy one already made for about 25 cents. Dave






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Re: a real homemade pic programmer with ICSP capabilities - ydexter - Mar 22 12:31:00 2004

I got your idea, but you know , some people will try to 'make'
something what costs almost 1/4 from the month wage!
So I 'm still with the idea of making the programmer home. Too bad is
I don't have the schematics from well known good programmers. I will
try to use JDM, but I must be somehow sure the debug problems are not
from bad PIC programming.
The other part is I really really don't like black boxes. And the
surprise in bigger when you open a black box which you paid already
for and you see there are just a few 25 cents components each.

> Second thing goes to the cost of making something.
>
> How much would you charge to make me a pencil ? you would need to
> get the wood, the lead, some metal and rubber, along with some paint.
>
> Don't worry about sharpening it, I can do that part.
>
> And remember, I can buy one already made for about 25 cents. > Dave




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Re: a real homemade pic programmer with ICSP capabilities - Dave Mucha - Mar 22 14:48:00 2004

--- In , "ydexter" <ydexter@y...> wrote:
> I got your idea, but you know , some people will try to 'make'
> something what costs almost 1/4 from the month wage!
> So I 'm still with the idea of making the programmer home. Too bad
is
> I don't have the schematics from well known good programmers. I will
> try to use JDM, but I must be somehow sure the debug problems are
not
> from bad PIC programming.
> The other part is I really really don't like black boxes. And the
> surprise in bigger when you open a black box which you paid already
> for and you see there are just a few 25 cents components each.

That is a different story. There are people who have access to old
electroncis, but not new stuff, and some people would rather make a
pencil than buy one, just for the fact they can.

If I am correct, programmers are only trying to get certain voltages
to pins at certain times. the sequence is important, but how they
get there is not. ie: one can use transistors or a PIC, depending
what one has on the bench.

A single chip unit (18 pin) is really the same as having a socket for
an 8 pin, an 18 pin, a 28 pin and also a 40 pin on the board. The
idea of the single socket type is just small board size.

There are quite a few schematics on the web that detail different
levels of programmers from a one wire (one resistor) to things like
the WARP that does both Atmel and PIC chips.

here is a very simple unit.
http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller/pic.html

and go thru this site and see the different programmers that the
software supports.

And if you want something even better, check out Wouters Wisp628.

Dave





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Re: a real homemade pic programmer with ICSP capabilities - Bennet Williams - Mar 23 15:13:00 2004

And if that pencil had a ZIF socket on it like most good PIC
programmers, you can tack on another $25 just for it.

BRW

> Second thing goes to the cost of making something.
>
> How much would you charge to make me a pencil ? you would need to
> get the wood, the lead, some metal and rubber, along with some
paint.
>
> Don't worry about sharpening it, I can do that part.
>
> And remember, I can buy one already made for about 25 cents. > Dave



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Re: Re: a real homemade pic programmer with ICSP capabilities - amish - Mar 24 1:25:00 2004

also for some persons in countries with small currency, like ours, it might
be over 300% of your monthly wages.
eg: picstart+ in India is around 18,000 indian currency.
and average salary for a professional at entry level varies from 4,000 to
6,000 in an average size company.

So homemade is the only alternative.
Cheers
Amish
----- Original Message -----
From: "ydexter" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 11:01 PM
Subject: [piclist] Re: a real homemade pic programmer with ICSP capabilities > I got your idea, but you know , some people will try to 'make'
> something what costs almost 1/4 from the month wage!
> So I 'm still with the idea of making the programmer home. Too bad is
> I don't have the schematics from well known good programmers. I will
> try to use JDM, but I must be somehow sure the debug problems are not
> from bad PIC programming.
> The other part is I really really don't like black boxes. And the
> surprise in bigger when you open a black box which you paid already
> for and you see there are just a few 25 cents components each. >
>
> > Second thing goes to the cost of making something.
> >
> > How much would you charge to make me a pencil ? you would need to
> > get the wood, the lead, some metal and rubber, along with some paint.
> >
> > Don't worry about sharpening it, I can do that part.
> >
> > And remember, I can buy one already made for about 25 cents.
> >
> >
> > Dave >
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