gnupic: DIY USB programmer ?
Subject:
Re: DIY USB programmer ?
From:
Manuel Bessler ####@####.####
Date:
6 Jan 2005 01:57:40 +0000
Message-Id: <20050106024941.I21062@betazed3.varxec.de>
On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 05:49:02PM -0600, Kevin L. Pauba wrote:
> >
> I've always been intrigued by the serial ascii programmer:
>
> http://www.piclist.org/techref/com/picnpoke/www/http/projects/prog.html
>
> I think it passes the "Radio Shack" test. I built one up and, as I
> recall, it worked. I have some Java code around that drives it too.
>
> What do you think?
Even if its possible to adapt to USB, there's the problem that you can't
read back the chip (and thus verify).
Verify would in my case be an important 'feature'. Otherwise debugging
is hard to do. It could be a misprogrammed PIC, a problem with the
target circuitry,...
Manuel
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