DIY Programmer?
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:03 am
Hi Guys
I have been busy for the last few months sorting out the hardware for my latest project which is now at a working prototype stage. A huge thanks to Jerry Messina for all your help with little issues etc.
So now i have it all working and looking like it may be a viable product with some commercial viability, i have turned my attention back to the software and thinking about how to implement future software updates for the devices i make. I have absolutely no experience with boot loaders or USB interfacing or PC based software development and given this am thinking about alternatives.
Has anyone made their own custom programmer? Something that would either plug into the computer and work with the pickit software or similar, or even have a SD card interface which the hex files are stored and then transferred to the PIC via a ICSP header? The boards currently utilize surface mount parts and already has an on board ICSP header for this purpose.
Thoughts?
Cheers
Lee
I have been busy for the last few months sorting out the hardware for my latest project which is now at a working prototype stage. A huge thanks to Jerry Messina for all your help with little issues etc.
So now i have it all working and looking like it may be a viable product with some commercial viability, i have turned my attention back to the software and thinking about how to implement future software updates for the devices i make. I have absolutely no experience with boot loaders or USB interfacing or PC based software development and given this am thinking about alternatives.
Has anyone made their own custom programmer? Something that would either plug into the computer and work with the pickit software or similar, or even have a SD card interface which the hex files are stored and then transferred to the PIC via a ICSP header? The boards currently utilize surface mount parts and already has an on board ICSP header for this purpose.
Thoughts?
Cheers
Lee