Rob, if you ask me, go for it! For as long as PICs will be available! We need that programmer.
On Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 8:08 PM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I posted this question on Jallist and Jallib. > > Some time ago Rob Hamerling mentioned that the new version of MPLABX will > no longer support the PICKit3. You can use other software (PICKitPlus, > PICKitMinus) but these are all Windows applications and not usable for > Linux users. There are also other open source programmers like Openprog: > http://openprog.altervista.org/OP_eng.html#Top > > I like to keep things simple and so I started JAPP (Just Another PIC > Programmer) to see if I could make a simple programmer only for PIC > Microcontrollers. The idea is that it connects to a USB port and does not > act like an HID but as a COM port. In order to control is you just send > commands in text to this comport. Works for Linux, Mac and Windows. The > only thing you need is Python as to send some info over (or you make your > own application). I am just starting and it will take quite some time to > complete this. I have some help from Rob Hamerling who created a Python > script to extract the relevant programming info for all PICs from the > MPLABX XML files, the same files that are used to generate the JAL device > files. > > Since it will take quite some time to finish this - it is a project I > sometimes spend some time on - I could develop it in an Agile way and > upload the next version to a GitHub account I have, each time supporting > more PICs. The only thing you would need is a second PIC that you program > that replaces the PIC on the board. Currently I am using a PIC18F26J50 > since I need more than 32k of ROM. I also want to make a PCB layout to > ease the build of it. > > I was wondering if there is any interest in this programmer. > > Kind regards, > > Rob > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "jallib" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jallib/bf50d112-9173-478e-bd71-f6efaa6cb348n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jallib/bf50d112-9173-478e-bd71-f6efaa6cb348n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Vasi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jallib" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jallib/CABsDq%3D97htOuLToeX_V9MroEp%3DN8tg-3aynU0J1ANGi%2BKZu0cA%40mail.gmail.com.
