How do you program and run your code?

[flemse]

Hi

I have a self made burner http://www.janson-soft.de/pic/pic.htm and it’s work.

Than I have a prototype board self made, and it’s work!

But the trivial and problematic thing is:

1) Every time the code must be tested I move the pic to the burner and burn it.

2) Thereafter I move the pic to the prototype board and try it out.

Is there some smarter but cheap suggestion?

Flemming

[Bob Sacamano]

An ICD allows you to program, run, and debug your PIC in-circuit. A 6-pin header is all you need on the board. ICDs from CCS are $75 and they program nearly all PICs.

http://www.ccsinfo.com/product_info.php?cPath=Store&products_id=ICDU40
http://ccsinfo.com/faq.php?page=icd_connection
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[meereck]

in the case you use a pic which supports self-write, you can generally use a bootloader.
The bootloader allows you to flash the pic program and eeprom memory over a PIC's peripherals such as RS-232, RS-485, CAN, USB, Ethernet.
You flash the PIC with the bootloader firmware (obviously, you need a PIC programmer) and after that, you dont need any programmer, you just flash the pic with the help of the bootloader which is already in the PIC.

My favorite one is tiny bootloader which works via RS-232. See http://www.etc.ugal.ro/cchiculita/software/picbootloader.htm
I have also tried Microchip USB bootloader which also worked well for me - for instance, this link : http://pic18fusb.online.fr/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=UsbBootload
I use PIC18 series.

For another bootloader, check /PICC/Examples/ex_bootload.c

good luck