PIC PRogrammer Recommendation

chopsuey · Post by **chopsuey** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:48 pm

Anyone have any recommendations for a PIC programmer? My current one died tonight. Something relatively low cost would be great, thanks!

HighFrequency · Post by **HighFrequency** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:34 pm

For about $200 you can get a Microchip ICD2

philba · Post by **philba** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:01 pm

for about $100 you can get a good clone of the ICD2. for about $20 you can build one.

bearing01 · Post by **bearing01** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:07 pm

philba wrote:for about $20 you can build one.

Do you happen to know a webpage / schematic source on how to do this?

HighFrequency · Post by **HighFrequency** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:17 pm

Yes, I'd be interested in building one as well.

JPKNHTP · Post by **JPKNHTP** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:03 am

-JPKNHTP

philba · Post by **philba** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:34 am

JPKNHTP wrote:It only works on some PICs but I have had great luck with this circuit http://www.jdm.homepage.dk/newpic.htm . It's called the JDM programmer and uses RS232. You can use it with plenty of free programs such as icpicprog, icprog, winpic, etc..... (Check google for info and others). I use icprog and like it.

the world has changed a bit. JDM is useless to build, I was referring to an ICD2 clone. there are lots of designs out there and many people have successfully built the Stolz design: http://home.vrweb.de/~lotharstolz/stolz ... /main.html

there is also one that uses the 18F4550 as an interface instead of the cypress chip. It is supposedly blazingly fast but I've only heard anecdotal reports. A quick google didn't turn it up.

Phil

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