Post by thread:Quick and Dirty Programmer

This is not about the Quick and Dirty - it is about one that I have a little experience with that is also easy on the wallet. I have just gotten into the PIC biz also. I have started with Peter Anderson's PIC programmer that you build on a breadboard. You can buy the parts from him for as little as $10 (I bought the $49 version which included the instructions, wall-wart, cable, a solderless breadboard, buffer chip, IDC connector, LEDs, power supply chips, two 16F84s with resonators, and wirewrap sockets for the chips). It took about 30 minutes to assemble and it works for the 16F84 and most other PICs apparently - it worked the first time for me and hasn't failed at all. Painless. He's at http://www.phanderson.com. I was so impressed that I now have the bug. I hate it when that happens. On another list, I asked if I needed to upgrade to a better programmer since I really think this is kewl and I plan on damaging lots of material with my new found (in)ability. The answers were drawn between buying PicStart + or staying with what I have. Dan -----Original Message----- From: John P <spam_OUTjohnpTakeThisOuTCANBERRA.TEKNET.NET.AU> To: .....PICLISTKILLspam@spam@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLISTKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Date: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 4:09 PM Subject: Quick and Dirty Programmer >Hi, >Thinking of getting into PICs. Anybody had any experiance with the >"Quick and Dirty PIC programmer"? Does it work, will it work on my 686 >266mhz system? > >John P