Hacking DIY PIC programmer ...

[nloding]

This was posted on the WiiFree forums at PS2-Scene.org (original post)

I'm going to be trying out WiiFree in addition to Chiip and Wiip and possibly Wiiskas -- whichever works best, I'll be recommending to all my friends and offering installs for. In the meantime, I've been wanting to build my own PIC programmer, and I found this while researching WiiFree:

http://www.janson-soft.de/pic/pic.htm

I'm no electronics guru, so the schematic took me a few minutes to figure out, but it's pretty easy and should work fine. The other option is to just buy one -- the price isn't that far off actually.

Anyhow, for those looking to build their own PIC programmer, this one is recommended for WiiFree.

 

[FAST6191]

Thanks for sharing nloding, the most complex part of that seems to be the zener diodes (complex= I may have to actually buy one rather than scrounging one from an old device).

The section following causes a bit of trepidation but who cares really:
My personal Experience:
The burning, flashing, erasing and testing of used and new PICs takes 20 to 50 seconds. However I did not succed in flashing a used PIC, which was programmed by an other PIC-Programmer. I don´t know the reason.

 

[shtonkalot]

I like the look of this programmer here.
Mainly because it's planned for vero board.

 

[nloding]

That one looks better ... it's only compatible with 16x PICs though, and I think you need 12x for WiiFree.

 

[Scorpei]

Might I suggest;
http://users.tpg.com.au/btkelly/jdm_b.htm
That one?