gnupic: DIY USB programmer ?
Subject:
Re: DIY USB programmer ?
From:
Manuel Bessler ####@####.####
Date:
7 Jan 2005 23:59:17 +0000
Message-Id: <20050108005949.F1120@betazed3.varxec.de>
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 02:11:28PM -0800, Rick Mann wrote:
> > Again the original project wasn't to build a programmer. It was to
> > program
> > a chip for a cockpit simulator.
>
> I would argue that perhaps someone with a blank PIC chip already has a
> programmer. If he instead went out and bought his first blank PIC chip
Most of the folks are not EEs. It might even be their first experience
with electronics. (I've seen this very often with the other home cockpit
interfaces that people were building)
> just so he could build your simulator, then he just as easily could
> have bought a pre-programmed chip from you.
Well, those who buy say a bare PCB or a full kit from me, yes, but some
people build it all from scratch. They buy the parts from local
electroncs stores and mail order places. The people are not just from
the US or Germany, but from all kinds of places from all over the world.
One guy went to a local place to program the PIC because he couldn't get
his DIY JDM to work. AFAIR it costed him a couple of bucks just for
programming once...
Manuel
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