I'm thinking of getting a programmer, a Velleman K8076 for around $65 locally.
Just curious how people would review it.
Just curious how people would review it.
The Velleman may be good enough, if you have a serial port and are happy with the rather limited range of PICs it can program."Good enough is enemy of the best."
I think Bill should pic up PICkit 3 then he can breadbord his first trainer/demo board using a PIC16F917, or a PIC18F45k20. Microchip provide schematics for all their demo boards. And they are very simple. It is just a pot, a switch and some LEDs.But if you really want to build a clock with an LCD display, you could get a PICkit 2 Debug Express for $49+shipping from Digikey, Mouser, and many other places. It comes with a PIC16F917 mounted on a dev board, and that PIC has built-in functions to handle LCD displays - along with many other features.
Don't discount the "little" PICs, like the 10F and 12F series.
The biggest hurdle is the learning curve for programming the things. Once you get over that, you'll be amazed at what you can do with so few parts.
I think this unit is very good for educational use. But not so good then you shall make your own projects. And the list of supported uCs is small compeared to a PICkit 3. And how about support for newer uCs and incircuit debugging?Have you considered spending a little bit more, if you go up to $139 you can get an amazing EasyPIC6 development board from MikroElektronica;
The main criticism I've seen of MikroC and the EasyPIC6 is that it makes PIC development "too easy".
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