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Serial Port Programmer - Socketed

sku: PGM-00008

Description: PIC-PG2C is the newest revision of our very popular, simple to use programmer! Based on the JDM design which takes all necessary signals and power supply from RS232 serial port. It supports 8, 18, 28 and 40 pin PIC microcontrollers which allow serial programming and I2C EEPROM memories. Now with an ICSP header! Comes with ICSP cable. The PG2C works very well in conjunction with all Olimex PIC Development boards. It can also be used with bread boards utilizing a Polarized ICSP Header or with simple jumper wires.

Caution: The programmer may not work with low power serial interfaces - i.e. laptop or notebook serial ports. USB to serial cables have also not been proven to work.

Dimensions: 50x30 mm (2x1.3")
Documents: Data Sheet, PIC-PG2C schematic
Tutorials: ICProg Setup and ICSP Setup

Software: ICPROG by Bonny Gijzen. It's best software for serial port programmers we've seen - and it's free!
Supported Devices: Family followed by device type (Ex: 12C508, 16F84A)

12C: 508, 508A, 509, 509A, 671, 672
12CE: 518, 519, 673, 674
12F: 629, 675

16C: 433, 54, 56, 58, 61, 62A, 62B, 63, 63A, 64A, 65A, 65B, 66, 67, 71, 72, 72A, 73A, 73B, 74A, 74B, 76, 77, 505, 620, 620A, 621, 621A, 622, 622A, 710, 711, 712, 715, 716, 717, 745, 765, 770, 771, 773, 774, 781, 782, 923, 924
16CE: 623, 624, 625
16F: 83, 84, 84A, 627, 628, 630, 676, 818, 819, 870, 871, 872, 873, 873A, 874, 874A, 876, 876A, 877, 877A

18F: 242, 248, 252, 258, 442, 448, 452, 458, 1320, 2320, 4320, 4539, 6620, 6720, 8620, 8720

WinPic - Great new software by Wolfgang "Wolf" Bnscher. Supports all the popular flash PICs, as well as many of the newly released PICs! Use this software for support for the 16F628A, 16F87, and 16F88.

Supported Devices: Family followed by device type (Ex: 12F629, 16F84A)

12F: 629, 675

16C: 61, 71, 710, 711, 715
16F: 73, 74, 76, 77, 84, 627, 628, 628A, 818, 819, 870, 871, 872, 873, 873A, 874, 874A, 876, 876A, 877, 877A, 87, 88

Pricing

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$13.95	price
$12.56	10-99 (10% off)
$11.16	100+ (20% off)

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D4rK

+1.4

| February 6, 2009 at 7:57 PM

just wondering out loud here. will this work with a usb to serial adapter or does it have to use a dedicated serial port (hardwired). i only ask because my main computer that i'll use when i get around to designing/programming circuit boards and micro controllers, of all types im sure, that is going to be the computer that i'll use. unfortunately, it does mot have a serial port, but it does have 10 usb ports though.

	by D4rK +1.4 \| February 10, 2009 at 3:02 PM 0
whoops, my bad. didn't see the caution section. sorry. is it possible for this to be powered externally to overcome the low power issue?

	by D4rK +1.4 \| February 10, 2009 at 3:03 PM 0
btw, is this compatible with arduino icsp? sorry for the noobish question, still learning about this stuff.

	by Nate \| February 10, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Nope - this is PIC ICSP. Very different.

	by dac621 +1.7 \| August 26, 2009 at 7:33 AM 0
Does anyone know if this programmer supports the newer PIC chips - like the PIC16F887 that is pushed by Microchip as the enhanced replacement for the 877A? As far as I can tell the programming algorithm has not changed but is there something with ICPROG support and special (new?) locations for feature configuration? Thanks.

narpat

+1.8

| November 10, 2009 at 6:35 AM

This Programmer is really a great Programmer, it is available in India in less than 8 US$.

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I am using it and very well, just to share my experience;

1. Do not even try to used a USB to Serial Cable, it will not work. Only and only use your PC which has serial ports or use that Laptop which has COM port.

2. According to me based on my experiance, WINPIC800 is the only best program as I have discovered few bugs in others.

3. Through ICSP Port, the microcontroller (PIC30F4011) of my UAV Dev. Board 2 was not getting programmed using ICPROG. Then I tried WINPIC800 ver 3.63, it was superb, and the microcontroller got programmed in few minutes. Do not use WINPIC800 Ver 3.64, it stops working after few days giving some error message.

	by narpat +1.8 \| November 10, 2009 at 6:52 AM 0
dac621, it supports even the PIC30F series through ICSP Port. As far as PIC16F876 etc. are concerned, they can be directly programmed by inserting on the programmer PCB. If you do not have a PC with serial ports and also your Laptop is not having serial port (Not USB to Serial Cable), then better you buy a PC for you or this programmer is not for you.

	by Scottm +1 \| January 3, 2010 at 10:23 PM 0
This has been a good programmer for me for 18F pics. Just make sure you get a pic that's compatible with ICPROG. You may also have to fiddle with some of the timing settings and do verify code if having any problems. For entry level this is great programmer! Expect some learning curve if you are doing this first time. Take your hex code from mplab and load that into ICPROG.