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We've taken the on-board programming/serial interface from the ME Labs Trainer and built a 40-pin module around the PIC16F1937.
Product link: http://store.melabs.com/prod/DSTICK/DS1.html
The goal of the design is to provide the convenience of the USB interface on a device that functions as closely as possible to the raw PIC microcontroller. If you prototype with solderless breadboards, it's a handy piece. You can also use it with your existing LAB-X1 or LAB-X2 to update those boards with a USB programming/serial interface. (Remove the MAX232 chips from those board to isolate the serial pins.)
If you work with the ME Labs Trainer, the D-Stick is a good way to move to your own project board. Any program that runs on the trainer will also run on the Standard D-Stick.
Since the PIC16F1937 is fully supported (with ICD functionality) by the free PBP3 Student Edition and the free version of Microcode Studio, the D-Stick can be combined with this software for a powerful development system that has a price tag of $30.
More such products coming soon. Enjoy.
Product link: http://store.melabs.com/prod/DSTICK/DS1.html
The goal of the design is to provide the convenience of the USB interface on a device that functions as closely as possible to the raw PIC microcontroller. If you prototype with solderless breadboards, it's a handy piece. You can also use it with your existing LAB-X1 or LAB-X2 to update those boards with a USB programming/serial interface. (Remove the MAX232 chips from those board to isolate the serial pins.)
If you work with the ME Labs Trainer, the D-Stick is a good way to move to your own project board. Any program that runs on the trainer will also run on the Standard D-Stick.
Since the PIC16F1937 is fully supported (with ICD functionality) by the free PBP3 Student Edition and the free version of Microcode Studio, the D-Stick can be combined with this software for a powerful development system that has a price tag of $30.
More such products coming soon. Enjoy.