Very Simple ICSP Programmer

[shibly]

Hi jow17301. I am new here. I want to use that very simple cheap (3 register) programmer. With this I want program 18f2550. Do I need to supply +5v?

[mister_e]

Yes indeed! This programmer may works well on Win98 or some XP installation, but I doubt it will ever work on Vista or Win7.

If you're using a USb to Serial adapter, then high likely you'll be out of luck even with XP.

Good luck tough...

[mackrackit]

If time is money then you will be much cheaper finding a PICKIT2.
Not to mention the headache ....

[mister_e]

When you had only PICStart and other over few hundred bucks programmer on the market (not sure how much I paid for PICStart Plus... 350$ possible?!?), it was an interesting option. But now with PICKITx and the likes AND unless you can't get PICKIT or any clone of it in your country under 50$ or so... you don't want to build your own.

[joe17301]

Hi jow17301. I am new here. I want to use that very simple cheap (3 register) programmer. With this I want program 18f2550. Do I need to supply +5v?

Hi there. Yes, you need to supply 5v. I think I did it with a battery and a 5v regulator (the 7805 if I recall correctly). I programmed the pic18F2550 with it. I needed the 18f2550 for the gtp USB lite programmer but as the guys say, the driver only works in windows XP. it doesn't work in vista or windows 7.

Good luck with your project!