In message <3.0.3.32.19980304001259.007191ec@megahertz.njit.edu>, Vu Hoang writes >Have any of you guys ever actually built a PIC programmer yourself or built >one of the PIC programmers from David Tait's site or any other site? > >If you did, could you tell me if it works or if it was difficult to do? >I also plan to build a programmer myself, but I'm not sure if it's better >to build one that interfaces with the parrallel port or the serial port. I built the ultra-simple serial port programmer for the 16C84/16F84. It works very well, and only took a few minutes to put it together. I've also built a parallel port programmer, and that works fine. Leon -- Leon Heller: leon@lfheller.demon.co.uk http://www.lfheller.demon.co.uk Amateur Radio Callsign G1HSM Tel: +44 (0) 118 947 1424 See http://www.lfheller.demon.co.uk/dds.htm for details of my AD9850 DDS system. See " "/diy_dsp.htm for a simple DIY DSP ADSP-2104 system.