I am looking for a USB PIC programmer with 40 pin Zip socket.
I want to use it on my Windows 10 Laptop with a suitable software.
Any recommendations for buying sources are welcome.
A Pickit2 or Pickit3 should be able to handle the 18F2550 along with standard 16F series. There are several "clones" of Pickit2 out there on places like Ebay or Amazon. If you have trouble finding Pickit2 software (it is out there), you can also look at "Pickitminus" software.
USB PIC Programmer - Assembled - CANUK1300 A professional, fully assembled and tested USB PIC Programmer offering ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) sockets for easy PIC programming.
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On the device list there is the PIC18F2550 and many more PIC18Fxxx and OIC16Fxxx.
Question is where to get the driver and software for it.
Also, if it's suitable for "OshonSoft Basic".
All PIC's are programmed via ICSP of sorts, it just varies by whether you are programming something in a ready built thing or in an off board socket - even that kit above uses a variation of ICSP.
Also, Oshonsoft Basic can't program PIC's, it only generates the hex file to be programmed in to the PIC, so you will need some other software like the afore-mentioned PICKITminus for a PICkit 3 or suitable software for other alternative programmers.
And for reference I use a PICkit3 connected to a 40 pin socket.
^^^^^ This! PICkit 2 or PICkit 3 with an adapter board is the way to go with the PICKITminus graphical interface. Reliable and easy to use....but it does not support some of the most recent chips.
Beware of any old PIC programmers that depend on legacy serial or parallel ports. People have spent many hours searching for the Holly Grail USB converter that will work with this type of programmer, usually without success.
I am looking for a USB PIC programmer with 40 pin Zip socket.
I want to use it on my Windows 10 Laptop with a suitable software.
Any recommendations for buying sources are welcome.
Go for a PICKit 3 or PICKit4 (or even the PK5 if it covers what you want - but it's a bit pricier), you can buy or built a simple ZIF adaptor to meet your ZIF requirement. The fairly cheap prices of the PK programmers have pretty well wiped out all the lesser ones, and it's fully compatible with MPLABX.
I am looking for a USB PIC programmer with 40 pin Zip socket.
I want to use it on my Windows 10 Laptop with a suitable software.
Any recommendations for buying sources are welcome.