PICKit 2 Starter Kit is the low cost ICSP programmer for Flash PICs with USB interface introduced recently by Microchip. Only subset of PIC microcontrollers is supported, but the list is including all the recent devices from PIC16 and PIC18 families. The software upgrades are free and Microchip updates them in timely fashion. Even more, the source code and schematic are freely available.

JDM2 PIC 18F Programmer is programmer based on JDM design which takes all necessary signals and power supply from RS232 serial port. It supports 8, 18, 28 and 40 pin PIC microcontrollers which allow serial programming and I2C EEPROM memories. Programmer comes with ICSP cable for direct connection to prototype boards. The supported devices depend on the current version of ICPROG software. JDM2 programmer is supported by ICProg, PICPgm and WinPic PIC programming software .

This board can program an AVR microcontroler ATMEL (ATmega8, ATMega32, ...) from a parallel printer LPT1 using ISP functionality In System Programming. This programming type can program and/or configure microcontroler directly on the target board without rmoving device and put it on a separate programmer. This board is compatible with programming software "PonyProg".

USBasp is a USB in-circuit programmer for Atmel AVR controllers. It simply consists of an ATMega48 or an ATMega8 and a couple of passive components. The programmer uses a firmware-only USB driver, no special USB controller is needed. Works under multiple platforms. Linux, Mac OS X and Windows are tested. * No special controllers or smd components are needed. * Programming speed is up to 5kBytes/sec. * SCK option to support targets with low clock speed (< 1,5MHz). * Planned: serial interface to target (e.g. for debugging).

The PIC programmer project presented here is intended to be used by more experienced developers who already have access to a simple PIC programmer, because the programmer hardware is built around one 16F627(A) or 16F628(A) microcontroller that has to be preprogrammed with firmware. The presented solution uses PC's serial port for reliable communication between the programming software and 'intelligent' PIC programmer hardware.

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