Hello All,

First an formost - thanks for this great list - I've been a lurker here for 
a while now,and I've gathered lots of great knowledge.

I've been successful experimenting with various PIC chips so far, namely a 
few different 16F and 18F chips.  So I thought I would check out the dsPIC 
line and picked up a pic30f4013.  From what I can tell, the programmer 
hardware should still work (i have a JDM-based programmer from Olimax) if I 
use ICSP.  However, the only programming software I can find is a linux 
based one over at http://homerreid.ath.cx/misc/dspicprg/, and I run Windows 
(IC-Prog does not yet do the dsPICs).

I've also googled and found some commercial products - the ICD2 from 
MicroChip and the USB programmer from www.mikroelektronika.co.yu.  Both of 
these are nice, but honestly, I'm trying to do this on  a shoestring budget. 
  Even spending $90USD on a new programmer is putting me back more than I 
(or should I say my wife!) would like.

So - has anyone developed programming software that will work on Windows 
with the dsPIC and a JDM programmer?  Does anyone know where I would go to 
find out the requirements for writing my own (I'm a programmer by trade)?  
Does MicroChip have any docs on how to do this?

Thanks for your help!!
-Tim


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