Alan,

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:55:14 -0000, Alan B. Pearce wrote:

> > 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?
> 
> Well, if you are going to use a laptop, then an ICD2 will power itself of 
> the USB, and program chips.
> 
> But I think you are asking if there is a self contained device that you can 
> load the hex file into, and then go into the field with it all self 
> contained. I do remember someone on this list working on a device like that 
> in the past. 

Someone who was a regular in this place used to sell them (called something like "PocketProg" if I remember rightly) but they stopped making them.  
I can't remember offhand who it was  :-(

The PICkit2 has the hardware to do it, I believe, but I don't think anyone's written the software for it yet.

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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