Hi.

Have you checked Olin's USBProg ?
http://www.embedinc.com/products/eusb2/index.htm

It needs only an USB connection and generates all
programming voltages on-bourd. No extra "boost PS"
needed.

Jan-Erik.



PicDude wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Looking for a way to easily program PICs (16F91x, 16F62x, 16F87x mostly) "in 
> the field", which for me means in cars and places that I don't easily have 
> access to 120V power.  First thought is to use my laptop, and create a small 
> boost PS to raise 5V (from the mouse port or USB port) to 13V, then plug in 
> my ICD2, and have a mess or devices to carry around.
> 
> So before I do this, let me ask -- is there a small hand-held programmer that 
> I can purchase on which I can easily download a hex file and use that to 
> program the PIC-based device?
> 
> Cheers,
> -Neil.

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