Hi Matt&Rob, we are two guys here with the same name Vasi and Vasile, both meaning Wesley in english. Vasi is one diminutive of Vasile, (there is also Vasilica) so please take care when answer which is one and which is the other... :)
best wishes, Wesley (no doubt now) On 11/28/09, mattschinkel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Vasi... > > Vasi suggested a PICKIT2 clone which may be a good solution for me, > but I would still like to see a bootloader. Anyways, I guess it's up > to you guys since I don't know ASM. > > Matt > > On Nov 28, 4:01 pm, mattschinkel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It'll certainly take more memory then highly optimised ASM code (like > Tiny > > > Bootloader). > > > > Jalv2 allows ASM code with: assembler...end assembler, could this be a > > solution? > > > > The point to me is that we should not have to use another bootloader, > > we should use and support our own that works on a veriety of PIC's. As > > some say, there are disadvantages to bootloaders, can we overcome > > whaterver disadavantages they are? I'm sure there must be a way to > > reduce the chance of overwriting a bootloader. Why is there a jallib > > USB bootloader but not a serial bootloader? > > > > I'm not sure of the price of the Jaluino board, but if a programmer > > was not required for it, a lot more people would be interested. > > > > I know someone whom would like to try PIC's, he doesn't have much cash > > to get started so I was thinking about programming a bootloader onto a > > PIC for him. A PIC with a bootloader programmed would do the trick. > > Also people like me whom have an older programmer would be able to get > > a pre-programmed PIC with bootloader. Even new programmers are not > > able to program them all. > > > > I wish I could get a PIC like PIC18F97J60 with a bootloader, I see no > > programmers around that can program a PIC like this but if someone was > > able to put a bootloader on it for me I might buy it. I would not care > > how large the bootloader is on a huge PIC like this. This is the kind > > of PIC I would love to see on development boards. > > > > I tried to compile tiny bootloader with the current version of MPLAB > > and it didn't compile. I am assuming it needs MPLAB 6, but I can't > > find it anyways. > > > > A jalv2 bootloader would have it's advantages. > > > > Matt. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "jallib" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<jallib%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/jallib?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jallib" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jallib?hl=en.
