gnupic: Re: [gnupic] sanity check, pic12f675 first project
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] sanity check, pic12f675 first project
From:
Jason ####@####.####
Date:
22 Jul 2009 00:07:30 -0000
Message-Id: <4A66583B.4030404@lakedaemon.net>
Mark Rages wrote:
> 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...
>
> You're on the right path. Consider a PICkit 2 programmer, open-source and USB.
>
Sold. I'm picking one up shortly.
> Set up your circuit for ICSP as soon as possible. No reason to be
> plugging chips into ZIF sockets for programming anymore.
Very true. I'll program it that way on my breadboard, then make sure to
add traces when I move to PCB. The crux of it seems to be connecting
the trace to the pin before any components (typically resistors).
thx,
Jason.
