1. You can use my Kit 96 withOUT any hardware modifications to program the
18Fxxx chips. You just have to use the latest picallw.exe program version
which you can download from

http://www.picallw.com

or from

http://www.kitsrus.com/zip/paw012c.zip



2. You can use my Kit 144 to also program the 18Fxxx chips but a hardware
modification is required. Again this is listed in the new version software
and I also outline it on page 4 of the documentation for K144 which you may
get from

http://www.kitsrus.com/pdf/k144.pdf


3. Bojan Dobaj plans to release a new firmware version within 3 months
which will not require this hardware modification for K144 or for K117.


4. Programming Voltage for K144. Some people have complained that finding
power supplies to provide 17VDC is difficult. Note we make Kit 135 which
will convert a DC input voltage of 6V - 12V from a wall-wart up to the
17VDC needed by K144 and K96. We have looked at putting the step-up on
board the K144 but we believe that most professionals already have a power
supply which gives 18VDC or more. Such power suppliers are very cheap and
readily available. Putting the step-up circuit on the programmer itself we
think is an unnecessary addition. Instead we are looking at adding USB
support to our programmers.



regards,

Peter Crowcroft
             DIY Electronics (HK) Ltd
       PO Box 88458, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
Factory: voice 852-2304 2250    Fax: 852-2729 1400
          M/F, 97 Fuk Wa Street, Sham Shui Po
Home: voice 852-2720 0255          Mobile: 6273 2049
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