Re: PIC programmers? More generic programmer? Port?

2021-03-07 Thread Scott Quinn via cctalk
On Sat, 2021-03-06 at 10:13 -0800, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > It should be possible to do the same using a Blue Pill cheapie and > MAX232 level shifter. Still if this is a one-off, I doubt that it > would matter to the user. That's what I had started thinking. Use the STM32 board with

Re: PIC programmers? More generic programmer? Port?

2021-03-06 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 3/6/21 9:59 AM, Scott Quinn via cctalk wrote: > Realized I didn't post the project I was looking at just in case others > were interested: > > https://tudl1910.home.xs4all.nl/rshockley.dyndns.org/indigo.htm > > Converter to use PS/2 keyboards with SGI Indigo, Onyx, Crimson and 4D > series

Re: PIC programmers? More generic programmer? Port?

2021-03-06 Thread Scott Quinn via cctalk
Realized I didn't post the project I was looking at just in case others were interested: https://tudl1910.home.xs4all.nl/rshockley.dyndns.org/indigo.htm Converter to use PS/2 keyboards with SGI Indigo, Onyx, Crimson and 4D series machines. Not my page, not my project, not my work (yet).

Re: PIC programmers? More generic programmer? Port?

2021-03-05 Thread Scott Quinn via cctalk
On Wed, 2021-03-03 at 17:15 -0500, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: > I was a field application engineer for Microchip from 2008-2011, > making > POCs for big name customers in the bay area using 8, 16 and 32-bit > PICs. > > You will likely find that Microchip support is awful, even if their >

Re: PIC programmers? More generic programmer? Port?

2021-03-03 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 3/3/21 2:15 PM, Anders Nelson wrote: > I was a field application engineer for Microchip from 2008-2011, making > POCs for big name customers in the bay area using 8, 16 and 32-bit PICs. > > You will likely find that Microchip support is awful, even if their > products are pretty neat. There

Re: PIC programmers? More generic programmer? Port?

2021-03-03 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
I was a field application engineer for Microchip from 2008-2011, making POCs for big name customers in the bay area using 8, 16 and 32-bit PICs. You will likely find that Microchip support is awful, even if their products are pretty neat. There was an Arduino port for PICs called "ChipKit" but I

Re: PIC programmers? More generic programmer? Port?

2021-03-03 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 3/3/21 10:47 AM, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote: > > Any gotchas with the PICKit-3 clones out there? I have the feeling > > that sticking with PIC would be better than trying to port to > > Arduino, and imagine that as things continue to age there will be > > more applications for

Re: PIC programmers? More generic programmer? Port?

2021-03-03 Thread Dennis Boone via cctalk
> Any gotchas with the PICKit-3 clones out there? I have the feeling > that sticking with PIC would be better than trying to port to > Arduino, and imagine that as things continue to age there will be > more applications for interfaces. Any better but still cheapish > alternatives for

PIC programmers? More generic programmer? Port?

2021-03-03 Thread Scott Quinn via cctalk
Looking for suggestions on hobbyist PIC setup. So far I have just used Arduino type direct-connect microcontrollers (back in the day programmers for general devices were expensive), but the currently existing SGI proprietary system to PS/2 keyboard adapter is PIC (and I have a couple different