Comments on: Making a Simple PIC Programmer.

By: Weazel

Weazel — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:55:42 +0000

make a voltage boost circuit im sure theres enuf current to run alot of stuff off the port if not run psu or batterys

By: Weazel

Weazel — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:51:53 +0000

im gessing its only power supply thats why u cant use usb
if u make a psu to boost the voltage then the usb mite work depends
or could use a seperate psu

By: Irshad

Irshad — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:52:42 +0000

PLEASE!!! URGENT.REPLY SOON
detecting both programmer and pic.but,when i am programming verify error is occuring .if the hex file is empty,then the programming is successful.

By: Irshad

Irshad — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:52:26 +0000

PLEASE!!! URGENT.REPLY SOON
detecting both programmer and pic.but,when i am programming verify error is occuring .if the hex file is empty,then the programming is successfull.

By: Irshad

Irshad — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:00:35 +0000

I found it

By: Irshad

Irshad — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:11:54 +0000

I made the circuit.please help me to configure the programming software

By: Mathi

Mathi — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:44:10 +0000

Thanks bro for ur reply, but it’s working fine now.

By: hemant

hemant — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:20:57 +0000

One suggestion in the circuit connect the 6th pin of ICSP to PGM pin no 36 in pic16f877a.

By: Mathi

Mathi — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:39:09 +0000

I done this programmer, If i connect it to my serial port, the picpgm detects jdm programmer but it can’t detect my pic. I am using pic16f887a. What may be the problem. Can anybody help me.

By: Starlight

Starlight — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:52:36 +0000

I make it and it works perfectly. Check ALL connections (and elements: diodes, transistors etc) if circuit doesn’t work. I spend about 4 hours before found all bugs.

By: Shehzad Shaikh

Shehzad Shaikh — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:22:12 +0000

Thats pretty easy Hemant.

You need only Pin 3,4,5,7 & 8.

So Take a multimeter and check for your pins with it and note down the colour or mark the wires to the corresponding pins, then cut the unnecessary ones off. And Solder the male DB9 Connector wires accordingly to the circuit.
I did the same. It worked but its only erasing the PIC not writing PIC10F200 & PIC12F629. And made the circuit thrice to ensure, still same problem. You are better off buying a USB Pic programmer. Because now a days getting 12Volts out of DB9 Port of computer us also rare. Mine was 8.5volts and cannot program through that. Check your voltage before building the circuit!
Best of Luck

By: bexel.o.j

bexel.o.j — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:45:39 +0000

could you please give me some information

1. pins of ICSP connected to which pins of PIC

2.whether we need to power the pic, with crystal oscillator.

By: hemant

hemant — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:01:37 +0000

What if I use a male db9 connector then will there be some changes to be done.
thanks

By: Shehzad

Shehzad — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:25:34 +0000

I have made the circuit.
Tried programming PIC12F629. It doesnt detect only.
For PIC10F200 it doesnt detect but, it erases and when I click on load code and click program it programs and then says Programming Finished Verify Errors.
Made 3 different circuits. Totally frustrated.

By: Shehzad

Shehzad — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:09:52 +0000

Greetings,

I am an amateur in electronics.
Will this programmer program PIC10F200 and PIC12F629?
Thank you.

By: hemant

hemant — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:13:05 +0000

VERY URGENT PLEASE HELP..!
HI…
This was a great tutorial.
But I have problem ,I want to connect it to my laptop and it does not have a DB9 port so I bought a usb to DB9 converter .
Is there any way I can work with the same schema and converter with the help of an extra module or schema.
Thank you

By: Avinash

Avinash — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:37:18 +0000

@Umar Adeel,

If you need urgent answer first repost the comment with the spelling of “Please” corrected !

By: umar adeel

umar adeel — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:39:30 +0000

plz help me. will this circuit work for PIC18F452??
i need urgent answer.

By: PIC16F877

PIC16F877 — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:55:14 +0000

Hi Yvan; no its not gonna work with USB to serial converter, this is a high voltage PIC programmer, the feed need to be taken from the COM Port of the computer .

and avoid using the netbooks, which can not provide the sufficient voltage for programing

By: Yvan

Yvan — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:54:01 +0000

may i ask. will it work if i use usb to serial converter?