> Something I am not quite sure about - the bootloader ? Is that
> free code ? I mean , I understand that we have resellers of PICs
> with the bootloader preprogrammed . Naturally cost is higher -
> but I haven't really checked to see if the bootloader was free
> (someone asked about programming 10PICs at a higher cost than that
> without a bootloader , and was generally misunderstood and answered
> but not giving a definite answer?)

I have a bootloader at http://www.voti.nl/wloader . I sell 16f877's
programmed with this loader, but the code is free (LGPL), both for the
PIC and for the PC. Note that this bootloader is a bit special because
it uses only *one* PIC pin and does not use the internal UART.
Consequently it uses more code (1k) than others (typically 256
instructions).

On the page are also a few links to the other free bootloaders that I
know of.

So take your pic!

Wouter van Ooijen

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