Microchip PIC Programmer and Prototype Board, 18-pin

Description

Microchip PIC Programmer and Prototype Board, 18-pin
PIC-PG4
This board is everything you need for getting started with PIC microcontroller programming. It has an on-board power supply voltage regulator circuit, microcontroller reset circuit, crystal oscillator circuit, LED, EEPROM memory, RS232 serial port interface, and a second RS232 port with built-in programmer, so you can program your microcontroller without taking it off the board. It also includes an in-circuit programming port which you can use to program PICs on other boards.
The picture to the right shows a PIC microcontroller installed, but one is not included.
Microchip PIC Programmer & Prototype Board Features
DIL18 microcontroller socket
ICSP connector
and cable for programming other PICs in-circuit
Voltage regulator 78L05 and filtering capacitors
Crystal oscillator circuit 20MHz
Red status LED
I2C EEPROM (24LC08 or larger)
Reset circuit
Two RS232 DB9 connectors
RS232 interface circuit
RS232 serial port programming interface circuit
14 extension pin slots for RA0-RA3, RB0-RB7, TMR, MCLR
Grid 100 mils
GND bus
Four mounting holes 3.3 mm (0.13")
FR-4, 1.5 mm (0.062"), double side green soldermask, white silkscreen component mark
Dimensions 61 x 76 mm (2.4 x 3.0") + 30 cm (12") ICSP cable
Download
User Guide
Schematic
ICPROG
software
WinPIC
software
PIC16F628A sample code
written in C2C compiler (requires installation of a
PIC16F628A-I/P
).
Note:
This programmer must be used on a PC with an actual RS232 port. It will not work with a USB-RS232 adapter. Also, it may not work on low-power RS232 ports found on some laptops.