jasper81 Posted February 6, 2003 Report Share Posted February 6, 2003 Well it's a very simple question, when I buy my PIC controller...do I have to put in a boot loader first before I can use the JDM? Or can I program it with the Hex files from the webpage imediatly when I take the wrapper off?thnxJasper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted February 6, 2003 Report Share Posted February 6, 2003 Hi Jasper,thats a good question, because with for the PIC18F design this will be changed.So my answer: for all PIC16F877 versions you don't need a bootloader - just load the .hex file into IC-Prog and burn the firmware into your PIC via JDM.For the upcoming MIOS (running at PIC18F only) a so called Bootstrap loader will be provided which allows you to upload the firmware via MIDI (which is in fact much faster than using the JDM). The required procedure: the small bootstrap loader has to be burned into the PIC18F only once. Thereafter every firmware update can be made via MIDI without a JDM.Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper81 Posted February 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 great, thanks for the quick reply... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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