NOTICE:
There appears to be a difference between the MAX232 and ST232 ICs
used on the Inchworm+. If you're experiencing problems and your
Inchworm+ is using a MAX232 IC please substitute an ST232 IC.
Inchworm+
Kit $45 US MSRP
The color
Inchworm+ Assembly Manual including schematic.
What makes the
Inchworm+ ICD2 better than
other PIC programmers in its price range.
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Microchip ICD2 MPLAB IDE 7.xx compatible
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Programs the latest PIC chips always (16F887 is
brand new and supported)
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*Debugs most FLASH based PICs (more and more
common with every new PIC)
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Very high quality double sided PCB will last for
many years
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Fun and Easy to build, after all when you work
with microcontrollers you'll generally need to be able to solder
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Great manual, many inexpensive PIC programmers
have very limited if any documentation
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5V up to 1A power supply built in for your
target projects, this is very rare among inexpensive programmers
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Designed to fit in a Hammond 1591B case, few kits consider an enclosure
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Can also be powered from your project, requires
approx 60ma max.
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Uses a common inexpensive
7.5 - 15VDC AC wall
adapter, many programmers require 18VDC supplies
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Common parts used throughout design means easy
to repair, people DO break their ICD2s ($$$)
New features
of the Inchworm+
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Upgradeable to the
very fast USB version with the Unicorn Kit
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Switch / jumper
controlled target power (switch optional, jumpers standard)
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Switch / jumper
controlled VPP (switch optional, jumpers standard)
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Software (MPLAB)
controlled target power (optional BS250 PFET)
Microchips MPLAB IDE
7.60 current version as of this writing, is the tool that professional PIC
programmers use. You can download it free from
http://www.microchip.com it
includes everything you'll need to use your Inchworm ICD2.
*Debugging makes
programming and learning PICs very easy
as you can stop, examine and modify your code and/or symbols &
variables at will.
ICD2 bootloader firmware for a 16F877A
Inchworm 16F877A Firmware
supports both Inchworm+ & Inchworm
Inchworm+ mounted on the Unicorn USB Experimenter
(many times faster than the RS232 based Inchworm+).
