Mickey_Sadler Posted January 6, 2003 Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 Hi MIDIBoxers,Most new computers are being built with USB I/O now. My iMAC has only USB and Firewire ports - no serial or parallel ports. There is some fear that the serial and parallel ports on PC's will go away (remember the 5.25 in. disc drives?). I found on the Dontronics site http://www.dontronics.com a USB PIC programmer kit and the drivers for it. It is about $30 USD.Thorsten, do you think the JDM programmer could be modified to use USB? I know Kevin Coble is updating his MACPIC programming software for us MAC users. See http://www.macrobotics.com/macrobotics.html for more info.Mickey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted January 7, 2003 Report Share Posted January 7, 2003 Hi Mickey,no, the JDM cannot be enhanced by an USB port, because the required operation voltage is above 15V (USB supplies only 5V). Maybe other programmers with external voltage source can be updated more easily, but in fact it makes no sense: a ready-made USB module is very expensive (i.E USBMOD1 from FTDI for about US $27) and DIY'ing is too critical (USB chips are mostly SMD). So the most secure solution is just to buy the USB programmer from Don's siteBest Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey_Sadler Posted January 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2003 Yeah, kinda what I figured Thorsten. At least there is now another solution to programming the PIC with a computer that has USB ports. I'll probably get the USB programmer and also get a USB to SERIAL and USB to PARALLEL adapters for the experimenting I want to do in addition to the MIDIBox stuff. ;)Mickey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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