>>if the objective is to get going with PIC projects,
>>your time would be better spent using someone elses >>software with your
>>programmer.

Yes thats definnitely a good advice....
I use PICPgm and WinPic, I had bad luck in accessing ports in XP with ICProg 
eventhough I've followed the directions from its homesite and there were no 
errors when starting ICProg ... ICProg cannot read/write my JDM type 
programmer... but PICpgm and WinPic is very happy with it... so probably 
ICProg has some Problem and I dontknow if anybody have a fix on this...


"Byron A Jeff" <byron@cc.gatech.edu> wrote in message 
news:20060929175454.GA20345@cleon.cc.gatech.edu...
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 06:26:47PM +0200, ELKEJBOUT Mustapha wrote:
>> Hi,
>
>>  I am working on my own pic programmer based on the elcheapo design, now 
>> I
>> am trying to implement the software according to the programming
>> specification of pic16F628:
>
> Mustapha,
>
> As one of several people on the list who have worked on and augmented
> PIC programmers over the years, I am curious as to why you are
> writing yet another software package for programming PICs.
>
> I've found that writing programming software is difficult for three 
> reasons:
>
> 1) There are a ton of different specifications for chip families, each
> with subtle differences between them.
>
> 2) Testing for proper operation of programming software is often a
> challenge.
>
> 3) New chips, along with yet even more different programming specs are
> coming along all the time.
>
> The upshot is that developing and continuing to update a PIC programming
> package is no easy feat. Most folks who are successful build a flexible
> infrastructure that allows for easy augmentation or modification.
>
> So given all of this, and given the fact that there are several well
> supported, and well testing PIC programming packages out there, why
> are you tackling that problem? Tools such as IC Prog 
> (http://www.ic-prog.com)
> can program the 16F628 using the El Cheapo hardware.
>
> Now writing your own PIC programming software is a fine educational
> exercise. However, if the objective is to get going with PIC projects,
> your time would be better spent using someone elses software with your
> programmer.
>
> BAJ
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