Production handheld programmers

[rnicos]

Is anyone using a handheld programmer for a PIC? I really want something that is portable like a handheld one. Looking online I found the Kanda PIC-HH0110 (a company in the UK), but I'm not sure what it would take to get that device to work with the Flowcode V6 software output.

Thanks, Reg

[Benj]

Hi Reg,

I have made one before that read the hex file from a SD card, parsed the file and uploaded to a device. Unfortunately the device in question was an AVR.

PICs can be a bit more tricky due to the MCLR programming voltage. I think the PICkit3 offers something called programmer on the go which might be exactly what your looking for. I've never used it but I seem to remember it having this functionality.

Any good device should just take the hex file and work with that so the one your currently looking at could be a good option. The fact that the file was generated by Flowcode should not cause any issues.