Programmer Software

Introduction

New: The F&B PP software can now both load and save standard PIC Intel hex files, allowing it be used with conventional PIC development software!

The F&B PIC Assembler/Programmer software is written as a Java 1.1 application. Serial port access is provided via the standard javax.comm API.

The Assembler/Programmer screen is shown above (as running on a Mac). Features include:

• A pop-up menu to choose the serial port;
• A status message area;
• Five push buttons for selecting the type of PIC to be programmed;
• A checkbox for enabling the PIC's watchdog timer;
• A verify button to test if the code in the PIC matches the code to be programmed;
• An assemble button to re-assemble a source file already open.

In addition, pull-down menu choices let you select the file to be assembled and re-program a PIC based on the chip selection previously made using the buttons.

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• Packaged for Power Macintosh.
• Packaged for Windows. Note: Our software requires the Sun Java Runtime Environment and javax.comm. Please see our installing the JRE and javax.comm page if you need help installing these.

Version History

• The current version of the F&B PIC Assembler/Programmer software is v1.3, dated September 26, 2000. This version adds the option to leave the serial port open at all times, improving speed and compatibility.
• v1.2, dated July 12, 2000, added support for the PIC 12c67x series of processors.
• v1.1.6, dated July 6, 2000, added the operators low-byte and high-byte to the assembler.
• v1.1.5, improved compatibility with the Keyspan Twin Serial adapter, and burns code into the PIC slightly faster.