Jan 26, 2013 #1 L leonheard Newbie level 3 Joined Jan 26, 2013 Messages 4 Helped 0 Reputation 0 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,281 Activity points 1,308 hi! i dont have a serial port neither a printer port in my desktop, ( i want to program my pic16f84 ) i dont want to buy a pickit stuff. so what if i buy a "pci serial port" will my diy programmer work? i do have a usb to serial converter but it doesnt seem to work with it, and i read that it doesnt work with diy programmers... Last edited: Jan 26, 2013
hi! i dont have a serial port neither a printer port in my desktop, ( i want to program my pic16f84 ) i dont want to buy a pickit stuff. so what if i buy a "pci serial port" will my diy programmer work? i do have a usb to serial converter but it doesnt seem to work with it, and i read that it doesnt work with diy programmers...
Jan 26, 2013 #2 nandhu015 Advanced Member level 5 Joined Feb 11, 2006 Messages 1,960 Helped 300 Reputation 600 Reaction score 222 Trophy points 1,353 Location India Activity points 9,924 Why cant you try usb to serial converter
Jan 26, 2013 #3 hexreader Advanced Member level 2 Joined Apr 7, 2011 Messages 549 Helped 196 Reputation 396 Reaction score 197 Trophy points 1,323 Location England Activity points 5,830 I reckon it MIGHT work if: 1) The PCI card that you buy adds genuine serial port hardware to your PC. (COM1 or COM2 or both) 2) The PCI card gives out sufficiently high voltage levels to suit your DIY programmer. +/- 9 Volts might be typical. 3) The DIY programmer can operate with a modern serial port. Some DIY programmers expect +/- 12 Volt levels as supplied from older serial ports. There are a few "if"s there, but maybe you will get lucky. If you do get this to work, you will still end up with a programmer that is horrible to use.
I reckon it MIGHT work if: 1) The PCI card that you buy adds genuine serial port hardware to your PC. (COM1 or COM2 or both) 2) The PCI card gives out sufficiently high voltage levels to suit your DIY programmer. +/- 9 Volts might be typical. 3) The DIY programmer can operate with a modern serial port. Some DIY programmers expect +/- 12 Volt levels as supplied from older serial ports. There are a few "if"s there, but maybe you will get lucky. If you do get this to work, you will still end up with a programmer that is horrible to use.