Harold Hallikainen wrote:

>Anyone know of a DOS program like that available for the ProMate that can
>drive the ICD2 to do in circuit programming from hex files exported form
>MPLAB? I'd like to avoid having the production crew digging through the
>menus of MPLAB just to program a part in circuit.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Harold
>
>
>  
>
Harold, don't bother with the ICD2. Look at DIY's K182A for flash parts- 
or standby
for a "overall PIC range-verifying USB programmer" coming in late spring 
from Kitrus.
It will be a production programmer with upper VDD and lower VDD 
verification, or
verification at a nominal VDD from 2.5V to 6V, will drive a chip handler 
(Pass/Fail/Start
Input), provide external interfaces to test fixtures, and program ALL 
the PIC serial
devices, even PIC EEROMs and RAMTRON serial FRAMS.

The protocol will be published and will be be able to be ported to 
Borland's DOS Pascal
5.0 (MicroPRO is written in Delphi, a Borland Pascal product for Win32). 
Its possible that
DIY may publish a MicroPRO version in DOS.

I know, 'cause I know somebody that works there.  Checkout www.kitsrus.com .

--Bob

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