Query - 16F628A direct to USB

Hi All,
I’m very new to this technology I was giving a programmer w/10 16F628A’s that I have been playing with and I was wondering if there is a way to directly connect my Project to the USB port, like my programmer does? It will have to setup the comm. port on the computer side, I have been using a RS232 to USB converter cable but I would like to try connecting direct.

Thanks,

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Originally Posted by Ray_VT

Hi All,
I’m very new to this technology I was giving a programmer w/10 16F628A’s that I have been playing with and I was wondering if there is a way to directly connect my Project to the USB port, like my programmer does? It will have to setup the comm. port on the computer side, I have been using a RS232 to USB converter cable but I would like to try connecting direct.

Thanks,

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PICKit2 connects to USB and will program and power your PIC, get the lo Pin count demo board and it comes with a 16F690, leds and away you go. http://www.microchipdirect.com/produ...words=DV164120

Thank you for your replay, I think I may have found a solution at http://www.recursion.jp/avrcdc/ I have to look a little more into it but I think it will work,
Any comments or suggestion are welcome.

Am I missing something or is that just another serial to USB converter like the one in you cable now?

Yes an onboard serial to USB converter
I want to be able to plug my project directly to the USB port and have my computer automatically recognize the serial port, sorry I may not have worded it correctly – I’m old.. lol

I am embarassed to say that I have not done anything with USB. Yet ...
So all I can do is point you to something from one of the masters that may help.
http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=5418

If you mean implementing USB on a 16F628, however improbable it sounds, there's a guy who has done exactly that;

http://www.telefonica.net/web2/hidlcd/

Regards,

Anand Dhuru

Thanks you all for your time / post’s it has been very helpful…

Ray