any one happen to have a pic16f688 bootloader?  i'm building my
programmer this week (and i will be releasing it and it's code on the
pic site etc., after writing said code also hopefully this week), but it
would be nice to be able to have users able to upgrade later (i may
eventually make a little money, it's a clock chipping toy, i'll put a
link in my sig line when it works, more advanced chipping may follow).
i'll be using said chip because of it's size.

i don't think i'll have trouble writing code for what i need to do, but
if someone already has a bootloader working i can avoid worrying about
that part.  if no one has one i'll try writing one and if it works i'll
definitely make it available (though i'm not letting out the rest of my
design right away, i'd really like to at least make back my startup cost
for things like the programer, having boards made, etc.), though if i
break even and make enough money for my next project i'll more than
likely release the whole thing (besides, the board is so crowded you
really wouldn't want to try and copy it, 6 hours for 27 connections with
3 chips! and i've done layout before, it's just very, very crowded for 2
layers).

any help would obviously be appreciated, and would probably mean i owed
you a favor or at least a large discount (labor i can give away, parts i
usually can't).  thanks in advance either way, and like i said if i have
to bang one out myself i'll definitely post it.

oh, and by bootloader, in this case i mean something that can update the
code through the built in serial port that will be connected to the
users machine (i'll probably have to write a little code for the
computer end as well unless i use a common exchange format like kermit
or whatever which i'm not terribly familiar with yet, not in the details
at least).  on the other hand, a bootloader for any format/interface
would be a good start.

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