Anyone found a Bootloader for 18F26K22?

[Dave]

Henrik, I have been working with David Barker the last 2 days with an open source Bootloader that comes with the new MCSPX 5.0 IDE. We got it working this morning and it performs is just like the old one. It allows you to build your own Bootload hex files for any of the new PIC's. I finally got that 18F26K22 running for the new LoadShed processor.

[HenrikOlsson]

Hi Dave,
That's excellent news! A saw the UMC Firmware button in the new MCLoader and went on short search for information about what it was without much success. I found the UMC folder in the MCSPX install folder but there's very little information on how it works and how to configure it - especially for an ASM rookie like myself.

I thought more info would boil to the surface soon enough - and sure enough...
Anything you can, want and are allowed to share?

/Henrik.

[Dave]

Well Henrik, Where do I start? I left a request for a new bootloader file to Microcode Studio a few weeks ago. That's when I posted "Anyone found a Bootloader for 18F26K22?" I havent heard anything for the last week or so. I just purchased PBP3 last week. I was contacted by David Barker in responce to my email about a bootload hex file for the 18F26K22. He had mentioned that he was writing an open source hex file generator for the Microcode studio bootloader program and if I would like to test the beta version. So I have been working with him for the last 2 days getting it working and some verification. You will need to get an updated version of the UMCLoader.exe as he made a few changes to it. It is now 1.0.0.1. I have also made a few changes to the template for the open source .asm build file to be used with MPLAB to generate the .hex bootload file for the processor. I suppose the update will be available soon for the purchased MCSPX package. I would email Microcode studio and see when it will be available.

[HenrikOlsson]

That sounds excelent! During my own short research I did try to run the UMC loader application (UMCLoader.exe) but when I ran it nothing at all happend so I thought it was internal to the standard MCLoader application or something.

Are you saying it's a stand alone application for the open source firmware? If so I wonder why it doesn't run on my machine - perhaps I just need the new version you mention.

Anyway, thanks a lot for the information - I'll keep my eyes and ears open for any information that may surface.

/Henrik.