Development of the Bus Pirate PIC programmer involves testing a bunch of different chips. This $10 universal programming adapter from Sure Electronics will be really handy. This board doesn’t actually program any chips. It’s an adapter that accepts a lot of different 18-40pin PIC chips and connects the programming pins to a header. The ZIF […]
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Bus Pirate PIC programmer release
PiratePICprog executable and source are available on the Bus Pirate Google Code page. PiratePICprog is a new application that uses the Bus Priate to program PIC microcontrollers. V1 only supports the PIC 18F24J50 in the Open Logic Sniffer, but is has 18F and 24F script modes for prototyping other chip protocols. It requires Microsoft’s .net […]
Bus Pirate PIC 18F24J50 programmer update
We’ve been working on a PIC 24F programmer for the Bus Pirate, now we’re working on PIC18F24J50 support. PIC 24Fs and the 18F ‘J’ parts can be programmed directly by the Bus Pirate because they are 3.3volt chips that don’t require a separate programming voltage. 18FJ support means the Bus Pirate can reprogram any Logic […]
Bus Pirate PIC 24F programmer update
The Bus Pirate PIC 24F programmer will now successfully erase a PIC 24F and read the chip ID. In the future this could be a handy way to unbrick one Bus Pirate with another. Our goal is to make all Dangerous Prototypes projects repairable via a Bus Pirate programmer. We couldn’t get the commands in […]
W1N9Zr0’s Bus Pirate PIC programmer
We previously posted this combined development board and Bus Pirate PIC programmer from W1N9Zr0. The C# source for the PIC programmer is now available in an archive, or grab it from the SVN. It uses the Bus Pirate’s raw-wire binary mode and an external 13volt power supply to program a PIC 16F628, but it can […]
Bus Pirate PIC24F programmer
This post is an overview of a test app that uses the Bus Pirate’s binary rawwire mode to program another Bus Pirate. This could be a handy way to unbrick one Bus Pirate with another. Eventually, we’d like it to program all PICs that don’t require a 13volt programming voltage (18FJ/FK, 24F, 30F, and 33F). […]
Open Programmer v0.7.x
Alberto Maccioni designed this multi-chip opensource programmer based on a PIC18F2550. Currently it supports PIC, I2C-SPI-MicroWire EEPROMs, some ATMEL AVRs, and (soon) other devices. It even supports some PIC 24Fs, like the 24Fj64GA002 used on the Bus Pirate. In the last few years, as serial and parallel interfaces have almost disappeared, electronics enthusiasts find even […]
Bus Pirate PIC programmer update
PIC 12/16/18/ds30 programming support for the Bus Pirate is progressing. Sean Nelson, a regular contributor to the Bus Pirate project, submitted a patch that adds serial port support to usbpicprog. The Linux patch compiles, but the Windows port still has some bugs. The picture shows our prototype 13volt power supply for the PIC programmer. It’s […]
Bus Pirate AVRDUDE tutorial
Michal posted detailed instructions for programming AVRs with the Bus Pirate and AVRDUDE. But what happens if you have 2, 3, or even 7 AVRs on the same circuit board? Michal shows us how to use extra Bus Pirate pins to select among AVRs, or drive a 1-to-8 decoder to control even more chips. Michal […]
USBprog
USBprog is an open source multi-chip programmer. It currently programs AVRs with an ISP mkII clone, does JTAG debugging with OpenOCD, and some other stuff. We’re going to take a close look at the source and protocol used with OpenOCD to see if it can be implemented in the Bus Pirate. Thanks for the tip […]