On 9/16/06, Philip Pemberton <piclist@philpem.me.uk> wrote:
> (Subject tag added --PP)
>
> Ken Ouellette wrote:
>  > I just bought the easyProg board from
>  > http://www.embedinc.com/easyprog/
>  > I bought the PCB board from thm and ordered the parts
>  > form digikey but I had many parts here.
>  > The circuit voltage seems to corespond to the data
>  > sheets of embedinc.
>
> OK, first thing - when sending messages to the PICLIST, you need to remember
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> > My problem is the oscillation, I and no 20Mhz
> > oscillation. I took the chip  Pic16F648 and put itin a
> > bread board with a 20Mhz crystal, capacitor and I
> > still dont get any oscillation.
> > 1- Do I need to program that chip?
>
> Yes, the PIC16F648 needs programming with the Easyprog firmware otherwise the
> Easyprog is no more useful than a paperweight.
>
> > 2- Is oscillation from that Pic necessesary to burn a
> > chip ?
>
> What you need is another programmer to program the PIC16F648 in the Easyprog.
> You could build a 'JDM' programmer (see http://jdm.homepage.dk/), use that and
> IC-PROG (search Google for that) to program the F648 with the Easyprog
> firmware, then put the F648 in your Easyprog.
>

  Philip, that was a funny suggestion ! :)

  BUY a programmer, and then build a FREE programmer to burn a new
firmware in the programmer you've just bought...
  Maybe Olin thought another way to update the firmware...

greetings,
Vasile
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