My laptop is unable to provide the required power for an unpowered pic programmer. Is there a way I can provide external power to this device? Is it just a matter of powering the chip while programming? My thought was to make a 'Y' cable that uses my serial port for programming and the USB port for power. There is plenty of power on my USB but it is only +5.
I'm using the Olimex PG2 and 1 programmers.
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