Post by thread:[PIC] PICALL programmer software

Bojan Dobaji (sp?) no longer supports the software for the PICALL programmer. This is a great piece of hardware and I'd really like to keep using it. Can anyone recommend some other software that will control it? I was able to modify the device.ini file to support the 16F88, but now I'd like to tinker with the 12F683. Otherwise, can someone recommend a dependable programmer (approx US $100) that will work with the 12F683, 16F88 and the more common parts in the18Fxxxx line?

> > Bojan Dobaji (sp?) no longer supports the software for the > PICALL programmer. This is a great piece of hardware and I'd > really like to keep using it. Can anyone recommend some > other software that will control it? > > I was able to modify the device.ini file to support the > 16F88, but now I'd like to tinker with the 12F683. > > Otherwise, can someone recommend a dependable programmer (approx US > $100) that will work with the 12F683, 16F88 and the more > common parts in the18Fxxxx line? > http://www.embedinc.com/easyprog/index.htm Rob

michael brown wrote: > Otherwise, can someone recommend a dependable programmer (approx US > $100) that will work with the 12F683, 16F88 and the more common parts in > the18Fxxxx line? My EasyProg fits this description. http://www.embedinc.com/easyprog. ****************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, (978) 742-9014. #1 PIC consultant in 2004 program year. http://www.embedinc.com/products

> michael brown wrote: > > Otherwise, can someone recommend a dependable programmer (approx US > > $100) that will work with the 12F683, 16F88 and the more common parts in > > the18Fxxxx line? > > My EasyProg fits this description. http://www.embedinc.com/easyprog. Three questions: Why can't a 12F683 be programmed in the ZIF socket? Will it work with a USB->serial adapter? Finally, does it work with any of the free windows programming software such as IC-PROG?

michael brown wrote: >> My EasyProg fits this description. http://www.embedinc.com/easyprog. > > Why can't a 12F683 be programmed in the ZIF socket? Because Microchip chose a different and incompatible pinout for the programming signals of that class of PICs. > Will it work with a USB->serial adapter? Yes, but you may have to update to the latest driver. Some chipsets had buggy drivers until recently that did things like use RTS/CTS flow control whether it was explicitly disabled by the app software or not. Prolific (a common vendor of these chips) only released a fixed driver last August. > Finally, does it work with any of the free windows programming software > such as IC-PROG? It works with the free software you can download from http://www.embedinc.com/picprg/sw.htm. ****************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, (978) 742-9014. #1 PIC consultant in 2004 program year. http://www.embedinc.com/products