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3rd November 2006, 07:33 AM
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| Super Moderator   |  Inchworm ICD2 review Hi guys, I have reviewed very attractive piece of hardware, Inchworm ICD2 programmer/debugger. Please click here to see the review. I hope you will find the review helpful. Any comments are welcome. Jay.
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3rd November 2006, 12:32 PM
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| Experienced Member  |   wow
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3rd November 2006, 02:55 PM
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| Experienced Member  | Thank you for the review Jay, I've made changes to the manual and removed the 24F & dsPICs from the supported chips list (they are 3.6V max chips)
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7th November 2006, 08:22 AM
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| New Member | Hi, First post.  Does the kit come with the separate pc board with the ZIF socket? If not, where do I purchase one of those? Thanks, John |
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7th November 2006, 08:27 AM
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| Super Moderator | No it doesn't. The one you can see on the last picture is of my own design. But, there is going to be a companion board for the Inchworm, with ZIF socket and many other interesting parts. To read more about Firefly - the companion board, click here.
__________________ "I share, thus I am" Jay.slovak Read this! ICD2 Clone Best PIC/DsPIC Bootloader Read my Inchworm ICD2 review! |
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7th November 2006, 09:19 AM
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| New Member | If I purchase kit #1, how would I be able to interface a PIC to program it? Is there a simple design that I can build to be able to use the programmer now? I'm new to PICs and just ordered the kit so I need a daughter board for the actual PIC. |
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7th November 2006, 09:55 AM
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| New Member | Hmm.....forgive me as I am new to some of this. I've build simple electronics projects so the construction is not a problem but I want to ensure I haven't misunderstood anything.  Your schematic is for a simple programmer or a board I can connect to the Inchworm kit? Again, forgive my confusion. |
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7th November 2006, 10:05 AM
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| Super Moderator | It's a processor board - used in my PIC tutorials - I've added a socket so it can connect directly to an InchWorm programmer/ICD. |
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7th November 2006, 10:26 AM
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| New Member | Ok. So I can add a ZIF socket to it and I'll be all set then? |
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7th November 2006, 10:52 AM
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| Super Moderator | Only for programming 28 pin pin PIC's, different size PIC's use different pins, you need to wire a ZIF socket so it can take various PIC's in different positions - being careful not to place 13V on a pin you shouldn't!. |
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7th November 2006, 12:27 PM
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| New Member | I'm not sure how to wire the ZIF so that I can use the different chip sizes so I guess I will wait for the Firefly companion board to be released. I think it will be easier to learn the programming on a less complex chip than a 28 pin, although I think I'll need the functions of one eventually. John |
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7th November 2006, 12:45 PM
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| Super Moderator | John, I totally agree. Inchworm with Firefly should be a very good combination for beginners.
__________________ "I share, thus I am" Jay.slovak Read this! ICD2 Clone Best PIC/DsPIC Bootloader Read my Inchworm ICD2 review! |
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7th November 2006, 05:23 PM
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| New Member | I've studied the schematics for a bit and see how it's wired so I can make a pcb for the pic chip until the Firefly is available. Never study schematics until you've had at least two cups of coffee.  |
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7th November 2006, 05:47 PM
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| Super Moderator | Or, just do your test circuit on a Breadboard. That should be easy and fast. PIC requires minimum external components, you should be up and running in minutes.
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