PIC Programming

[John Gutmann]

does anybody know of anywhere i can get a pogramming circuit for the 18F4620? or for any other 18F series?

[Sparks333]

I happen to really like the Microchip ICD 2 (http://microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1406&dDocName=en010046&part=DV164005), which is a great debugger as well. Sure, it's $150, but I think its worth every penny.

Sparks

[sciguy125]

As far as I know, the JDM will program all serial programmable 12F, 16F and 18F PICS as well as some serial eeproms. Here's a schematic for the "fully loaded" version:
http://www.josepino.com/3/

You can get all the parts for less than $10.

Edit: I forgot to mention that the JDM will also work for in circuit programming (you don't have to pull the chip out of your circuit). However, it eats 2 of your I/Os.

[John Gutmann]

2 I/O's are ok since i have a chip with 36 :D