gnupic: Re: [gnupic] Getting started: programmer choice?
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] Getting started: programmer choice?
From:
"Xiaofan Chen" ####@####.####
Date:
15 Mar 2008 01:19:23 -0000
Message-Id: <a276da400803141819i7230badfy626cc53ade6e208d@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Phil Endecott
####@####.#### wrote:
> I'm more concerned about programming. I need to buy a programmer and
> software to drive it (which is not included in gputils, right?). Are
> all / most of the programmers compatible at the interface level? (I'm
> guessing that they may all be clones of Microchip's own programmers.)
> Ideally it would be USB since other ports are becoming rare. Can
> someone recommend one?
Microchip PICkit2 at US$35 (plus shipment) is the best supported programmer
under Linux. It supports virtually all Flash PICs (PIC12F/16F/18F/18J, PIC24,
dsPIC30, dsPIC33, EEPROMs, etc).
PICKit 2 webpage:
http://www.microchip.com/pickit2
PICkit 2 support under Linux: right now pk2cmd Linux port is the one you want
to use.
http://home.pacbell.net/theposts/picmicro/
This Microchip forum has some good information.
http://forum.microchip.com/tt.aspx?forumid=182
Regards,
Xiaofan
