tachyon_1@email.com wrote:

> I'd still really like to find a good, home build-able, JDM like
> programmer. Something that will take a 40 pin ZIF socket, program nearly
> all PIC's, something that I can build without having to drive 3 hours to
> "Bob's rare European electronics emporium" to get parts for.

I use a JDM type programmer to program 40 pin PICs It has an
18 pin ZIF socket for smaller PICs and a 40 pin DIL socket
for those rare occasions when I need to zap a PIC16F877A.



> Something that has good software or better, MPLab support, and to really
> add to my wish-list, has software support on Linux.
> 
> Any suggestions?

The JDM works great with picprog and Pikdev.
http://hyvatti.iki.fi/~jaakko/pic/picprog.html
http://pikdev.free.fr/

You will need a PC with a 'proper' serial port. Laptops
with +/- 5V serial ports and USB to serial adapters probably
won't work. It works fine on all five of my desktop PCs,
ranging from an old Pentium 133 to a nice new Athlon-64.

> BTW, anyone know of any Linux apps that work with El Cheapo?
> 
This guy seems to have had some success: 
http://uvasux.googlepages.com/elcheapo

Good Luck.

E.S.


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