Alexandre Domingos F. Souza wrote:
>
>         Hi Roman! Happy new year for you! ;oD

Thanks! And you too dude. :o)

> >I have a little setup like this and it's great.
> >Flip one switch, program, flip it back, device
> >is running. Who needs an ICE?? ;o)
>
>         Hehe, nice! Can we share photos and schematics? I'd like to take a look ;o)))
>
>         My old 486 Notebook is turning the ultimate PIC development portable station! ;oD


I'll put the photos up on my web page soon, it
needs updating. The schematic is very simple, just
a switch to discnnect the MCLR/SCL/SDA lines, or
just the MCLR will work if you only have a one pole
switch. Then the rest of the box is a large
breadboard setup with leds, buttons, switches etc.

I always add a heap of wires with series resistors to
the PC parallel port via a simple cable and plug.
I can do bidirectional comms with many parallel
bits at quite high speeds. It always amuses me
that people try to implement serial protocols with
MAX chips and stuff. I gave up that years ago and
just connect everything to the PC parallel port,
it's just a couple of octal latches attached to
your pentium chip, and VERY high performance for
such a simple connection system.
-Roman

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