Burning a PIC?????

[Darrin]

I have a "ChipMax" Device Programmer (Parallel Port Interface) and would
like to program a PIC16F84. MPLAB does not support this device. Any ideas as
to how I can use ChipMax to program the PIC??? Tks/ Darrin

 

[Rich Grise]

on Tuesday 06 July 2004 04:36 am, Darrin wrote:

I have a "ChipMax" Device Programmer (Parallel Port Interface) and would
like to program a PIC16F84. MPLAB does not support this device. Any ideas
as
to how I can use ChipMax to program the PIC??? Tks/ Darrin

Basically, you have to get or write software. What can you find from the
people you got the device from?
--
Cheers!
Rich

 

[Robert C Monsen]

"Rich Grise" <null@example.net> wrote in message
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on Tuesday 06 July 2004 04:36 am, Darrin wrote:

I have a "ChipMax" Device Programmer (Parallel Port Interface) and
would
like to program a PIC16F84. MPLAB does not support this device.
Any ideas
as
to how I can use ChipMax to program the PIC??? Tks/ Darrin

Basically, you have to get or write software. What can you find from
the
people you got the device from?
--
Cheers!
Rich

http://lib1.store.vip.sc5.yahoo.com/lib/webtronics/chipmax.txt

According to the supported devices, it supports the PIC16F84. You may
need a software upgrade for the programming software, or maybe new rom
for your programmer. I'd contact the manufacturer to find out for
sure.

Regards,
Bob Monsen

 

[Clint Sharp]

In message <32JGc.37583$Oq2.26861@attbi_s52>, Robert C Monsen
<rcsurname@comcast.net> writes

"Rich Grise" <null@example.net> wrote in message
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on Tuesday 06 July 2004 04:36 am, Darrin wrote:

I have a "ChipMax" Device Programmer (Parallel Port Interface) and
would
like to program a PIC16F84. MPLAB does not support this device.
Any ideas
as
to how I can use ChipMax to program the PIC??? Tks/ Darrin

Basically, you have to get or write software. What can you find from
the
people you got the device from?
--
Cheers!
Rich
Errrm, can't he just save the compiled file and then open it with the

Chipmax programmer software, or am I being incredibly simplistic here?

http://lib1.store.vip.sc5.yahoo.com/lib/webtronics/chipmax.txt

According to the supported devices, it supports the PIC16F84. You may
need a software upgrade for the programming software, or maybe new rom
for your programmer. I'd contact the manufacturer to find out for
sure.

Regards,
Bob Monsen
Read the question, he wants to use the chipmax with MPLAB, he never said

it didn't support the chip.
--
Clint Sharp

 

[Robert C Monsen]

"Clint Sharp" <clint@clintsmc.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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In message <32JGc.37583$Oq2.26861@attbi_s52>, Robert C Monsen
rcsurname@comcast.net> writes

"Rich Grise" <null@example.net> wrote in message
news:2443487.3yRqcHebjf@entheos.thunderbird.ops.dsl-verizon.net...
on Tuesday 06 July 2004 04:36 am, Darrin wrote:

I have a "ChipMax" Device Programmer (Parallel Port Interface)
and
would
like to program a PIC16F84. MPLAB does not support this device.
Any ideas
as
to how I can use ChipMax to program the PIC??? Tks/ Darrin

Basically, you have to get or write software. What can you find
from
the
people you got the device from?
--
Cheers!
Rich
Errrm, can't he just save the compiled file and then open it with
the
Chipmax programmer software, or am I being incredibly simplistic
here?


http://lib1.store.vip.sc5.yahoo.com/lib/webtronics/chipmax.txt

According to the supported devices, it supports the PIC16F84. You
may
need a software upgrade for the programming software, or maybe new
rom
for your programmer. I'd contact the manufacturer to find out for
sure.

Regards,
Bob Monsen
Read the question, he wants to use the chipmax with MPLAB, he never
said
it didn't support the chip.

I think he was asking for help programming the device, not asking how
to use MPLAB to do it. He simply said MPLAB doesn't support it
directly (which it doesn't,) and was asking for suggestions. My
suggestion was that the manufacturer claimed to support the chip, and
contacting the MFG of the programmer is probably his best bet,
although he might need a software upgrade. MPLAB puts out some kind of
a hex format, which might be usable by the programming software. The
MFG will know.

There are usually two parts to the programming process, the first
being assembly (or compilation) which usually produces some kind of
intermediate file, and the second being the actual writing to device.
MPLAB is a tool which supports assembly into an intermediate file, and
which additionally has some support for a few microchip programming
devices. However, I don't recall the ChipMax being one of them, so was
suggesting he use the manufacturer's programming software.

Regards,
Bob Monsen