gnupic: Re: [gnupic] Learning PIC on the job
Subject:
RE: [gnupic] Learning PIC on the job
From:
Chen Xiao Fan ####@####.####
Date:
16 Aug 2005 01:33:58 +0100
Message-Id: <3B8AEFFADD3DD4118F8100508BACEC2C07F77476@spex>
It is better to buy a programmer which is more reliable.
You are a pro now so maybe you will have no problem
with a JDM/Tait or bootloader. Actually bootloader should
be the last resort. New comers do not quite understand
how a bootloader work. They will be frustrated when they
fried some PICs before they can blink a LED.
I will recommend Wisp 628 and PICkit 1 now for beginners.
Later I will recommend PIckit 2 after we get it to work with
Linux.
Regards,
Xiaofan
-----Original Message-----
From: Byron A Jeff ####@####.####
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 9:16 PM
To: ####@####.####
Subject: Re: [gnupic] Learning PIC on the job
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 04:44:01PM +0800, Chen Xiao Fan wrote:
> Wisp628 is a much better recomendation for programmers under
> both Linux and Windows than JDM/Tait type.
Unfortunately you have the chicken/egg problem if you don't
have a programmer.
As I'm sure everyone well knows, I think programmers of all types
are way overrated. Personally I recommend a cheap code dumper
(like my Tait style Trivial Programmers) coupled with a bootloader
most any day. Unless one is using the ICD features, I find very
little advantage to a traditional programmer at all. BTW it
obviates the need for "moving chip from programmer to target"
as specified below.
My most successful and complete projects were implemented on a
16F877 using Wouters WLoader and Woj's linwload.
BAJ
