PIC Programmer Project

This Circuit is based on the popular PPWIN programmer, which is used by many people worldwide to program PIC microcontrollers. PPWIN has been tested with the following Microchip parts: PIC16C508, 16CE673, 16C71, 16C84, 16F84, 16C877 This is a very advanced circuit, follow the circuit diagram to build the programmer. It would be best to build this circuit on a PCB. The software to program this controller is called "IC-Prog 1.04". Click on the link bottom of this page for "Get IC-Prog 1.04"- this is a very good site where this software can be downloaded from. Important documents that you will need are the PIC data sheet. There is a different data sheet for most PIC variants and you should download the latest document direct from the Microchip home site. Microchip's site has been linked at the bottom of this page. You may also wish to make a casing for the programmer. The particular programmer used in this experiment, was produced by Steven Willis:

Steve's PPWIN home page

Parts List

• 2 * 100 Resistor
• 1 * 470R Resistor
• 2 * 2K2 Resistor
• 2 * 4K7 Resistor
• 6 * 10K Resistor
• 2 * 1nF Capacitor
• 2 * 100nF Capacitor
• 3 * 10uF 25V Tant Capacitor
• 2 * 1N4148 Diode
• 1 * LED red 5mm (VPP) Diode
• 1 * LED green 5mm (VCC) Diode
• 1 * 7406 O/C Hex inverter
• 1 * 78L05 100mA +5V regulator
• 1 * 78L12 100mA +12V regulator
• 2 * ZTX500 PNP transistor (pin view /CBE\)
• 3 * 8pin DIL
• 3 * 18pin DIL
• 3 * 40pin DIL
• 1 * 5pin molex
• 1 * 36way centronics
• 1 * DC 2.1mm socket (single hole fixing)

Testing the PPWIN Programmer
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