Quote Originally Posted by sohanbviit View Post
hello,i am a third year ENGG. student
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and i need an universal pic programmer soft. and also the hardware pcb dig. or ckt. dig so that i can build it myself... i need it specifically for 16f877..
What's the deal? A third year ENGG student can't do some research?

Microchip.com
----PICKIT2...cheap, easy, supports most PICs (including the old 877), get the debug'ing version and you get a small PCB with some options on it.
----MPLAB v8.xx...PIC assembler