AL Systems tel:91 422 232 561 Coimbatore fax:91 422 213 849 Stamp Products .............................. Israel Elina Electronic Ltd tel:972 3 498 543 Tel Aviv fax:972 3 498 745 Stamp Products .............................. Italy Microchip Technology tel:39 039 689 9939 Product information No further information is available at this time .............................. Japan Microchip Technology International Inc. tel:81 45/471-6166 Shinyokohama Gotoh Bldg. 8F, 3-22-4 fax:81 45/471-6122 Shinyokohama, Kohoku-Ku, Yokohama-Shi Kanagawa 222 Japan Product information Akizuki Denshi Tsusho Ltd tel:81 3 3251 1779 Tokyo fax:81 3 3432 4492 Stamp Products .............................. Korea Microchip Technology tel:82 2 518 8181 Product information No further information is available at this time .............................. Netherlands Antratek tel:31 1803 17666 Nieuwerkerk A/D ljssel fax:31 1803 16664 Stamp Products .............................. Norway High Tech Horizon Asbogatan 29 C fax: +46 431 108 81 S-262 51 Angelholm e-mail: cj@aristotle.algonet.se SWEDEN WWW : http://www.algonet.se/~cj/catalog.html Stamp Products .............................. Singapore Microchip Technology tel:65 222 4962 Product information No further information is available at this time .............................. South Africa PACE Electronic Components tel:011-9741211 (JHB) Microchip (official agent) Jakanaka tel:27 11 907 8475 Alberton fax:27 11 907 9426 Stamp Products .............................. South Korea Prochips tel:82 2 849 8567 Seoul fax:82 2 849 8659 Stamp Products .............................. Switzerland Wilke Technology tel:49 241 15 4071 Aachen fax:49 241 15 8475 Stamp products .............................. Sweden High Tech Horizon Asbogatan 29 C fax: +46 431 108 81 S-262 51 Angelholm e-mail: cj@aristotle.algonet.se SWEDEN WWW : http://www.algonet.se/~cj/catalog.html Stamp Products .............................. Taiwan Microchip Technology tel:886 2 760 2028 Product information No further information is available at this time United Tech Electronic Corp. tel:886 2 647 1978 Taipei Hsien fax:886 2 648 1895 Stamp Products .............................. U.K. Arizona Microchip Technology Ltd tel:44 062-885-1077 Unit 3, Meadow Bank, Furlong Rd fax:44 062-885-0178 Bourne End, Bucks SL8 5AJ Product information Eiger Technologies Ltd., tel.44 0928 579009 14 Howard Court, fax.44 0928 579123 Manor Park, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1SJ Microchips 'Official' UK Distributors Hawke Components Ltd., tel.44 0256 880800 26 Campbell Court, fax.44 0256 880325 Bramley, Nr Basingstoke, Hants RG26 5EG Microchips 'Official' UK Distributors Milford Instruments tel:44 977 683 665 South Milford, Leeds fax:44 977 681 465 Stamp Products Polar Electronics Ltd., tel.44 0525 377093 Cherrycourt Way, fax 44 0525 853070 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7 8YY Microchip 's 'Official' UK Distributors Contact for details of the PIC Owners Club .............................. U.S. Digi-Key tel:800 344 4539 Thief River Falls, Minnesota fax:218 681 3380 Stamp Products and general parts FAI tel:1-800-303-5701 Ask for Chris Electronics distributor, carry PIC's, Link Computer Graphics tel:301-994-6669 Programmer CLK-3100 No further information is available at this time Micro Engineering Labs tel:(719) 520-5323 makes PIC-Proto boards Myriad Development tel:(303) 692-3836 CCS - C compiler tel: (414) 781-2794 extension 30 Micro Engineering Labs tel:719-520-5323 Box 7532 Colorado Springs, CO 80933 Has proto-type boards and demo kits, Good source of info, can do manufacturing, etc Microchip Technology Inc. tel:(602) 786-7200 2355 West Chandler Blvd. fax:(602) 899-9210 Chandler, AZ 85224-6199 Product information Needham Electronics tel:(916) 924-8037 I don't know if they make PIC stuff, fax:(916) 972-9960 but they make an EPROM programmer, the PB-10 bbs:(916) 972-8042 Their emp-20 is great for Pics,Pals,Gala,EEproms etc but is ~$500 It can be set to auto program on start up. It takes about 4 seconds for a bat file to reassemble the source with new EQU's from the command line, recompile and program a part. Parallax Inc. 3805 Atherton Road, Ste. 102 fax:(916) 624-8003 Rocklin, CA 95765 USA bbs:(916) 624-7101 Stamp Products Help 916-624-8333 A selection of development tools for PIC microcontrollers, including assemblers, simulators, C compilers, programmers, in-circuit emulators. All tools run on IBM PC computers. Also the "RC"and "JW" versions of the PICs and prototyping boards. e-mail address, info@parallaxinc.com orders@parallaxincom FTP URL ftp://ftp.parallaxinc.com/pub/ WWW URL http://www.parallaxinc.com. ------------------------------ 2.4) ------------------------------ 3) PIC Utilities PICSTART-16B-1 Features Supports only 16C5x, 16C71, and 16C84 comes with chips to play with. has a zif socket software includes an assembler with powerful macro capabilities and a powerful debugger (both support INHX8M, INHX8S, and INHX16 file formats) PICSTART-16C Features Same as 16B except *only* for 16C64 and 16C74. ------------------------------ PARALLAX -------- Features Parallax's own instruction set Their assembler takes either the standard instructions or parallax 's 8051-like pseudo instructions. needs only a 360k floppy, MS DOS 2.1, 128K RAM, mono. simulator software. These assemblers work with many other programmers. PASM (5x), PASMX (xx), & PSIM, the emulator, are available free, via the BBS, FTP & WWW sites. ------------------------------ 3.1) FTP sites for the PIC FTP SITE Directory ftp.ultranet.com /biz/mchip alias ftp.ultranet.com/microchip This is Microchip's own FTP site Mirrored on; ftp.mrc-bbc.ox.ac.uk /pub/microchip The web address is http://www.ultranet.com/microchip http://www.ultranet.com/biz/mchip also works Parallax's ftp site for stamp and pic files ftp.parallaxinc.com WWW URL http://www.parallaxinc.com. ftp.funet.fi (nic.funet.fi) /pub/microprocs/PIC wpi.wpi.edu /stamp ftp.luth.se /pub/misc/microchip ftp.oak.oakland.edu ftp.uni-erlangen.de, directory [ /mounts/epix/public/pub/Multimedia/VideoCrypt /microcontroller/microchip.bbs ] Maintained by: Markus Kuhn A new www page has been established by Andrew M. Errington; http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaame/pic/pic.htm The PIC page can be accessed directly or from: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaame/cpaame.htm Both pages are 'under construction' and may include references to things that don't exist, as yet. ------------------------------ 3.2) BBSs that support the PIC Microchip BBS Contact by dialling the same number you would use to get to Compuserve at 19200,n,8,1, except that you press + at the (garbage) prompt, followed by MCHIPBBS as the host (instead of CIS). Don Lekei BBS (Canada) (604) 597-3479 Parallax BBS, (U.S.) (916) 624-7101. ------------------------------ 3.3) PIC programming languages (3rd Party) Host m/c PC Prog. Name ASPIC Shareware PIC assembler (reg = $100 CDN ($69 US)) **DESIGNED** for embedded controller design the shareware license has an unusual clause absolving those who only use it for non-commercial purposes Supplier/Author Don Lekei < 72677.2623@compuserve.com > BBS at (Canada) (604) 597-3479 Features - One assembler for 16c5X, 16c6X, 16c7X, 16c8X, 17c42 - Compatible with PICSIM (MPSIM) - Compatible with MAKE, and with auto-error tracking editors - Many times faster than PICALC (MPALC) - Standard base notation (Intel & Motorola format) - CODE and FUNCTION macros - Auto register bank management - Text/data translation - Automatically generates RETLW tables for text / data tables - Built-in version management and assembly control functions - user command-line switches - many other features -character set translation (eg. for LED,LCD,On Screen Displays) - bit labels, environment labels, etc. .............................. Host m/c PC i386 /MS DOS/SunOS 4.1.1/NeXTSTEP 3.0. Name B.LO.C release 1.0, version 4.0 Available for the PIC16CXX and PIC17CXX Supplier Butterfly Signal Processing Inc. 131 Bloor Street West #200-154 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1R8 TEL: +1.416.929.5754 FAX: +1.416.968.7492 Features `C-like' syntax Locally optimal code generation Superfast, one-pass compilation Zero stack and memory space used Produces fully annotated, easy-to-read assembly code to facilitate simulation Regular and in-line functions supported B.LO.C and assembly routines can be mixed In-line assembly code inclusion For more information contact Anees Munshi asm@kalam.butterfly.com butterfly!asm@kanchenjunga.eecg.toronto.edu asm@eecg.toronto.edu .............................. Host m/c Macintosh Prog. Name uASM Supplier Micro Dialects Inc, PO Box 190, Loveland, OH 45140, Ph: 513/271-9100. Features: An integrated text editor, assembler and communications modules. fully supports macros, automatic labels, local labels, conditionally assembly, includes to 10 level deep. The editor supports up to 10 open files at a time, full search and replace including grep searches, file size limited only by RAM available. The emulator supports data transfer up to 38,400 baud. NOTE: The uASM code is incompatible with the MicroChip Simulator .............................. Host m/c PC ? C5x compiler C5x series C71 compiler Features -libraries for RS232 serial I/O and precision delays -allow call trees deeper than the hardware stack Supplier CCS 414-781-2794 ext.30 PO Box 11191 Milwaukee, WI 53211 (you leave your message on an answering machine) Also from Parallax Inc. fax:(916) 624-8003 3805 Atherton Road, Ste. 102 bbs:(916) 624-7101 Rocklin, CA 95765 USA Help 916-624-8333 Byte Craft Limited supply a C compiler for the PICs. A demo version for the 17C42 is available ( assembly file generation only ). MPC.ZIP pricing: GBP 695 / GBP 660 for members of the PIC owners club. $795(US) Contact: Byte Craft Ltd., tel. (519) 888 6911 421 King Street North, fax (519) 746 6751 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2J 4E4 In UK Pentica Systems Ltd., tel. (44) 0734 792101 Oaklands Park, fax (44) 0734 774081 Wokingham, Berkshire RG11 2FE England Also from Parallax Inc. fax:(916) 624-8003 3805 Atherton Road, Ste. 102 bbs:(916) 624-7101 Rocklin, CA 95765 USA Help 916-624-8333 .............................. Host m/c PC name: PSIM Software Simulator: Simulate the PIC's internal operation on the PC. Supports: 16C5x, 16C71, 16C84. Features: Set breakpoints Single-step through code and modify registers The simulator also controls the Parallax in-circuit emulators [if present] Filename is PSIM.EXE. on ftp site. Also available PASM and PASMX assemblers. ------------------------------ 3.4) PIC Programming Hardware (3rd Party) Product programmer Model Microburner 512 Supplier Beradine Products Ltd, tel:604 988-9853 PO Box 86757, North Vancouver, BC CANADA V7L4L3 Contact Gary Anderson Features: RS-232 terminal serial port compatible programmer Supports communications up to 38,400 baud, stand-alone or host operation, .............................. Product: emulators from GBP 350 programmers from GBP 200 Contact: SMART Communications, tel:44 (0)81 441 3890 2 Field End, fax:44 (0)81 441 1843 Arkley, Barnet, Herts EN5 3EZ England .............................. Product Dataman Softy 4 Features: With optional PIC module supports entire PIC16/17 range Programs all chip specific features Supports PICSEE Programs from 1 word to whole memory Disk of PIC support utilities included Supports EPROMS, EEPROMS and Flash upto 8Mbits Supports 16 bit EPROMS, EEPROMS and Flash upto 4Mbits Supports serial EE 93 and 24 series Easy to use Free Support via Dataman BBSs in UK and USA 3 year warranty Product Information: The Dataman Softy 4 is the world's best selling handheld programmer. With up to 4Mbit of internal memory, S4 can program EPROM, EEPROM and FLASH devices of up to 8Mbit and 32 pins without adapters. The onboard serial port can transfer files at up to 115200 baud from a host computer. S4 also emulates memory devices of up to 4 MBit without additional hardware. Using the optional PIC adapter set, all current members of the PIC16/17 family can be programmed. The Softy 4 is compatible with files produced by Microchip and third party assemblers. Adapters are also available for 40 pin EPROMs, serial EEPROMs and 8751. Others are in preparation. Contact: Internet: Nigel@dataman.demon.co.uk Dataman Programmers Ltd Tel:44 1300 320719 Station Road, Fax:44 1300 321012 Maiden Newton BBS:44 1300 321095 DORSET DT2 0AE Telex:418442 DATAMN G United Kingdom Dataman Programmers Inc. Tel: (407) 649-3335 22 Lake Beauty Drive Fax: (407) 649-3310 Suite 101, ORLANDO BBS: (407) 649-3159 FL 32806, USA .............................. Product M2L EZ-EP Programmer and EP-PIC Adapter Features: Inexpensive - base unit is only $149.95 PC Parallel port operation With optional EP-PIC adapter, supports 16c54,55,56,57,58 16c71, and 16c84 Programs almost all chip specific features Programs from 1 word to whole memory Supports EPROMS, EEPROMS and Flash up to 8Mbits Adapters available for other microcontrollers and 16bit EPROMs Free demo software and software updates via BBS (310/837-7818) Product Information: The EZ-EP is the world's best programmer for less than $200 (US). The base unit programs E/EE/Flash EPROMs from 2716-27080. The EZ-EP is small (3" x 6" x 1.5") and light (8 oz) so it is quite portable. It hooks to a PC parallel port and adapters are available to do various microcontrollers and etc. (68hc11, PIC, 8751, 16bit eproms, plcc eproms, serial eeproms). Fastest programming modes are fully supported. Programs 27c010 in 23 seconds. Pricing: EZ-EP base unit $149.95 PIC adapter $49.95 (16c54,55,56,57,58,71,84) EPLD adapter $59.95 (ICT 18v8,20v10,22v10) 8751 adapter $39.95 PLCC adapters $49.95 16bit adapter $49.95 8748 adapter $44.95 Contact: Internet: loving@cs.ucla.edu -or- M2L.Electronics@f526.n102.z1.fidonet.org M2L Electronics (voice 9am-1pm PST) tel:310 837-7818 3526 Jasmine #4 (BBS/FAX other hours) Los Angeles, CA 90034 .............................. PIC16C5x Real-time Emulator List Price: $599.00US Advanced Transdata Corp. tel: (214) 980-2960 14330 Midway Road fax: (214) 980-2937 Suite 104 Dallas, TX 75244 They also advertise gang programmers, etc. and may have a PIC17C42 product. It's worth a try, maybe, but if no-one tells *me* ? .............................. The Parallax Range PIC16Cxx Programmer Supports: 16C5x, 16C64, 16C71, 16C74, and 16C84. Comes with Parallax and Microchip assemblers, a software simulator and 18 and 28 pin LIF sockets. Pricing: Programmer (with docs. on disk only) $99 Optional All cables, psu, and printed docs. $100 Adaptors 18/28-pin ZIF $69 40-pin ZIF (use with 16C64/74) $49 18/28-pin SOIC $129 20/28-pin SSOP $109 The BackDraft 17 Programmer Supports: 17C42. Comes with Parallax and Microchip assemblers, a software simulator and 40 pin ZIF socket. Pricing: Programmer $199 Optional PLCC adapter $129. In-Circuit-Emulators The ClearView '5x Supports: 16C5x The ClearView 'xx Supports: "newer" PICs (via "personality" modules) Features: Both emulators allow the user to run code in-circuit at speeds from 32-kHz to 20-MHz. The user can set breakpoints, step through code and modify registers, all while the code runs in-circuit. The user interface is the same as the software simulator