programming pic18f2550

Hi everybody,
i'm not very skilled in pic programming, however i have sucessfully
programmed pic16f84 with a Shaer programmed build by myself.
Now I want to program a pic18f2550, because I want to use USB
capability. Do you think my programmer should work properly? Should I
make some variation?

The software i used is IC-Prog, wich does not seem to support this
device? Does anyone know what software cuold fit for me?

Thank you very much!
Angelo

In article <1156345152.375281.166470@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
cibi <a.francabandiera@libero.it> wrote:
>Hi everybody,

Hi.

>i'm not very skilled in pic programming, however i have sucessfully
>programmed pic16f84 with a Shaer programmed build by myself.

Congrats. I could not find a reference to the Shaer programmer.
Do you have a link to it?

>Now I want to program a pic18f2550, because I want to use USB
>capability. Do you think my programmer should work properly?

No.

> Should I make some variation?

Yes. The 18F2550 has an absolute maximum Vihh of 12.5V. A 16F84
programmer will set its Vihh to 13V. That will fry the 18F2550.
You'll have to decrease the voltage to your MCLR pin.

>The software i used is IC-Prog, wich does not seem to support this
>device? Does anyone know what software cuold fit for me?

I was going to suggest Winpicprog (http://www.winpicprog.co.uk/supported.htm)
but it doesn't seem to support the chip either. OshonSoft's programming
software (http://www.oshonsoft.com/picprog.html) claims to program the
part. I've never used it though, as I'm a Linux guy.

Good luck.

BAJ