gnupic: Re: [gnupic] sanity check, pic12f675 first project
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] sanity check, pic12f675 first project
From:
Bill Sack ####@####.####
Date:
21 Jul 2009 20:25:16 -0000
Message-Id: <2eb2318a0907211325q3fa36d5dtf30d98f8442eccf7@mail.gmail.com>
i have an epic+ programmer, and i use pikdev to program chips with it.
http://pikdev.free.fr
look at the 'hardware' page on his site to read an important
configuration note about the epic, though. aside from that, i've had
no problems burning pics in the 16fxxx family..
best,
b
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Peter ####@####.#### wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
> Jason wrote:
>> I'm crashing headlong into programming pics.
>
> Welcome. Good fun!
>
>
>> My end goal is to prototype a LED driver (button input (toggle
>> blinking on/off), LED blinking at programmed rates on a breadboard
>> (DIP), then switch to SOIP-8 narrow for a pcb).
>>
>> I've wrecklessly chosen the pic12f675 for the task. ;-)
>
> Should be ok. You have 6 io pins, out of which 5 have internal
> pull-ups which can be enabled per pin. The last one (GP3) is input
> only, and does not have an internal pull-up.
>
>
>> It appears to be supported by the linux toolchains,
>
> Yep.
>
>
>> Am I on the right path? I'd like to get this project moving, but
>> don't want to waste money on the wrong programmer...
>
> You are on the right path. Google "pic12f675 gpasm" to get loads of
> nice pages, including:
>
> [PIC Microcontroller Hacking with Linux] LED blinking
> http://pramode.net/pic/12f675.html
>
> [PIC12F675 8-PIN PONG] composite output video game
> http://hyvatti.iki.fi/~jaakko/pic/pong/
>
> However, I would recommend buying a PICkit 2 programmer. It works in
> Linux with the pk2cmd utility, it supports almost every (if not
> every) current PIC out there (and many old ones) and it is quite
> affordable at USD 34.99.
>
> http://www.microchip.com/PicKit2/
> http://www.microchipdirect.com/productsearch.aspx?Keywords=DV164120
> http://www.microchipdirect.com/productsearch.aspx?Keywords=PG164120
>
> (The last link is only the programmer itself. The DV-kit includes a
> small demo board with a PIC16F690.)
>
>
> //Peter
>
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