gnupic: Re: [gnupic] sanity check, pic12f675 first project
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] sanity check, pic12f675 first project
From:
Mark Rages ####@####.####
Date:
21 Jul 2009 21:10:00 -0000
Message-Id: <74ee72ca0907211409vc1113ddx2df9d11a4b79f18a@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:48 AM, ####@####.#### wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm crashing headlong into programming pics. I pulled gpasm and gpsim
> for ubuntu, and am about to make a purchase. 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. ;-)
>
> It appears to be supported by the linux toolchains, I've found example
> code in google's codesearch, and the Epic plus programmer supports it.
>
> My only trainwreck that I can see is the support for the Epic [1]
> programmer in linux. It looks like Odyssey [2] supports the family, but
> it hasn't been maintained for a few years. Also, the new home doesn't
> load...
>
> 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...
>
> tia,
>
> Jason.
>
You're on the right path. Consider a PICkit 2 programmer, open-source and USB.
Set up your circuit for ICSP as soon as possible. No reason to be
plugging chips into ZIF sockets for programming anymore.
Regards,
Mark
markrages@gmail
--
Mark Rages, Engineer
Midwest Telecine LLC
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