this how-to should get you up and programming a PIC quickly with Linux. We will be using two programmers, Olimex’s PICStart+ compatible PIC-MCP-USB programmer, and Microchip’s PICkit 2.

The design seeks to adapt the GPIO header so that it may be used for programming PIC microcontrollers, but this does involve a bit more than just physically connecting pins to the target chip.

Discover the new PIC16F131xx microcontrollers from Microchip, now available at TME. Explore their features with the Curiosity ...