PCMCIA Parrallel port

[Andrew Rich]

Gudday

Got a PCMCIA Parrallel port but it maps to some weird address not 378 and
278.

Useless to my PIC programmer.

Ideas ?

 

[David L. Jones]

Gudday

Got a PCMCIA Parrallel port but it maps to some weird address not 378 and
278.

Useless to my PIC programmer.

Ideas ?

It's not address 3BC by any chance is it? That is an often used
address for laptops, so it would not surprise me if a PCMCIA card used
this address. Any good software should support this address.
It is doesn't, move to USB. In fact I'd move to USB anyway.

Dave

 

[jasen]

Gudday

Got a PCMCIA Parrallel port but it maps to some weird address not 378 and
278.

Useless to my PIC programmer.

Ideas ?

find a USB driven programmmer, you can get them for AVR.

Bye.
Jasen

 

[Andrew Rich]

Hmmm

I have a CP-PIC877 develop board.

It used parrallel port in circuit programming.

Maybe I should fit a ZIF socket instead and go for dons mplay usb programmer
and transfre the chip.

 

[Andrew Rich]

Hey Don,

I have this development board which uses a 7407 and PNP and parra port for
programming.

I had an idea.

If ICSP is available for the USB PICSTART+ progarmmer you sell I should be
able to:-

1. Bypass and remove the existing 7407 and PNP cct and re-wire direct to
support the USB programmer ICSP
2. Dump the parralel port software and just use MPLAB with picstart selected
?
3. The USB programmer would still let me program 40 pin PIC's if I need to.
stand alone.

That would solve all my problems.

I just want to use MPLAB, and I don't want to have to swap chips all the
time.

Comments ?

 

[Andrew Rich]

Went a USB programmer from Dontronics - problems solved