On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 04:20:22AM -0700, Clint Pachl wrote: > What options are available for programming 8-bit microcontrollers? I > found gputils for Microchip and avr for Amtel in the ports. What is the > most supported option? > > gputils in ports is a three year old version; does it work well? Is > anyone using Microchip's PICs; if so, what hardware programmers and > compilers are compatible with OpenBSD? >
IMHO most serial port programmers should work with PIC microcontrollers. I'm using gputils and a simple home-made programmer that can program a pic16f84a without removing it from the application circuit. Here is the schematic and the software: http://caoua.org/picprog/picprog.tar.gz feel free to contact me if you have questions about the circuit or if you have experiences to share. cheers, -- Alexandre