gnupic: Linux PIC software and hardware
Subject:
Re: Linux PIC software and hardware
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Date:
24 Jan 2005 01:20:35 +0000
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> On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 03:53:29AM -0500, ####@####.#### wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 10:59:35AM -0200, Rodrigo Eder Lubiana wrote:
> > > I need help about what PIC programmer (hardware and software) for
> > > Linux is the best choice. I try to use my David Tait parallel
> > > programer hardware to program a PIC16F628, but it's don't work well
> > > (really don't work!). The software is the pp found in
> > > http://www.yty.net/pic/linuxpp.zip (David Tait Copyright). I don't
> > > know if this combination (software and hardware) work very well. My
> > > apologies, but If anybody can help-me in my mistakes.... thank's.
> > >
> > > Rodrigo
> > >
> > > PS: I kno www.gnupic.com and it's don't help-me as i can...
> >
> > I'm guessing that David Tait parallel programer is:
> > 1. non-linux designed,
Byron A Jeff wrote:-
> Yes but not relevant.
>
> > 2. to be driven from the paralell port.
>
> Yes.
>
> >
> > I too have a 'DOS-based', paralell port programmer, but I
> > couldn't get DOSEMU to drive the paralell port.
>
> No need. There are about six or seven Linux only programming tools that
> will drive such a programmer.
>
The software has to match the par-port driven hardware eg. the bits
chosen for various hardware lines are arbitrarily chosen by the designer.
I want[ed] to use the existing hardware; therefore the existing
DOS-based software was appropriate.
> >
> > How would you get a reasonable edit-compile/asm-progm-test
> > cycle with a DOS-based, paralell port programmer ?
>
> PikDev: http://pikdev.free.fr
>
I was so frustrated with DOSEMU [a more than decade old project,
where the subtle ambiguities of German confusing the english doco,
still hadn't been removed] that I just aborted. I don't want to open
another can-of-worms just yet.
== Chris Glur.
