Arduino-based PIC programmer

This distribution contains an Arduino-based solution for programming baseline and mid-range PIC microcontrollers from Microchip Technology Inc, such as the PIC12F675, PIC16F628A and friends. The solution has three parts:

Circuit to interface to the PIC and provide the HV programming voltage.

ProgramPIC

The Firmware loaded into an Arduino Nano interfaces directly with the PIC. This program implements a simple serial protocol for interfacing with the host. New PIC devices and programming parameter can be added easily.

ardpicprog

Drop-in replacement for picprog that implements the serial protocol and controls the PIC programming process on the computer side. Tested under Linux, should also work on Windows.

Usage: ardpicprog --quiet -q --verbose -v --help -h
    --device DEVTYPE -d DEVTYPE --pic-serial-port PORT -p PORT
    --input-hexfile INPUT -i INPUT --output-hexfile OUTPUT -o OUTPUT
    --ihx8m --ihx16 --ihx32 --cc-hexfile CCFILE -c CCFILE --skip-ones
    --erase --burn --force-calibration --list-devices --detect --speed SPEED

Supported devices:
pic12f629*, pic12f675*, pic12f683*, pic16f630*, pic16f676*, pic16f84,
pic16f84a*, pic16f87*, pic16f88*, pic16f627*, pic16f627a*, pic16f628*,
pic16f628a*, pic16f648a*, pic16f684*, pic16f688*, pic16f690*, pic16f877*,
pic16f877a*, pic16f882*, pic16f883*, pic16f884*, pic16f886*, pic16f887*
* = autodetected

QPICkit

A simple GUI for these CLIs:

• ardpicprog
• pk2cmd the CLI for use with the original PICkit™ 2, PICkit™ 3 and compatible programmer devices
• PICkit1 the CLI for the PICkit™ 1 FLASH Starter Kit