README
1This is Picprog, a Microchip PIC microcontroller programmer software
2for the simple serial port device.
3Copyright © 1997,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2010 Jaakko Hyvätti.
4It may also work for serial eeproms and such with modifications.
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7What you need:
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9 Serial port pic programming hardware,
10 g++ compiler,
11 Linux kernel version 2.0.32 or 2.1.45 or later
12 ..or Cygwin DLL version 1.5.8 or later
13 A pic assembler, for example gpasm.
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15Quick installation instructions:
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17 make dep
18 make
19 make install
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21To program for example a pic16f84 chip:
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23 picprog --burn --device=pic16f84 --input something.hex --pic /dev/ttyS1
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25Includes a tool to test PC serial port: testport
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27Full manual:
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29 see the file picprog.html in this directory
30 or <URL:http://www.iki.fi/hyvatti/pic/picprog.html>
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32The author may be contacted at:
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34 Email: Jaakko.Hyvatti@iki.fi
35 URL: http://www.iki.fi/hyvatti/
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37Remember: this is not a production quality programmer! See the
38data sheets from Microchip for more information about what
39that means.
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