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PROGRAMMER PIC MCU QUICKWRITER

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Manufacturer Part Number
QW1
Description
PROGRAMMER PIC MCU QUICKWRITER
Manufacturer
TechTools
Series
QuickWriter™r
Type
QuickWriterr
Datasheets

Specifications of QW1

Contents
MCU Programmer with In-Circuit Serial Programming Cable and Optional GANG Adapters
For Use With/related Products
PIC Micro® MCU
For Use With
CBL-ICSP - CABLE PROG QUICKWRITER SERIALQW-4SSOP18 - ADAPTER QUICKWRITER 4GANG 18SSOPQW-4SSOP28 - ADAPTER QUICKWRITER 4GANG 28SSOPQW-4SO8/14W - ADAPT QUICKWRTR 4GANG 8/14SOIC WQW-4SO8/14N - ADAPT QUICKWRTR 4GANG 8/14SOIC NQW-4SOIC18 - ADAPTER QUICKWRITER 4GANG 18SOICQW-4ZIF18 - ADAPTER QUICKWRITER 4-GANG 18ZIFQW-4SOIC28 - ADAPTER QUICKWRITER 4GANG 28SOICQW-4PLCC44 - ADAPTER QUICKWRITER 4GANG 44PLCCQW-4ZIF40/28 - ADAPT QUICKWRITER 4GANG 40/28ZIFMP-ZIF14 - ADAPTER QUICKWRITER 14-PIN ZIFMP-SOIC8/14 - ADAPTER QUICKWRITER 8/14-SOICMP-SSOP18 - ADAPTER QUICKWRITER 18-SSOPMP-SSOP28 - ADAPTER QUICKWRITER 28-SSOPMP-14000 - ADAPTR QUICKWRTR PIC14000 28-PINMP-SOIC18 - ADAPTER QUICKWRITER 18-SOICMP-SOIC28 - ADAPTER QUICKWRITER 28-SOICMP-PLCC44 - ADAPTER QUICKWRITER 44-PIN PLCCMP-ZIF18/28 - ADAPTER QUICKWRITER 18/28PIN ZIFMP-ZIF40 - ADAPTER QUICKWRITER 40-PIN ZIF

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In-Circuit Programming with QuickWriter™
V1.3
This is an application note describing how to design your target for proper in-circuit programming with a
QuickWriter.
THE’IDEALS’
The IDEAL programming environment varies widely, depending on whose perspective you take.
Programming hardware’s Ideal
From the Programming hardware’s perspective, the ideal setup is a chip in a socket, with nothing
else attached to the chip. This gives the programming hardware full control over the process,
eliminating any unknowns.
The next best setup is a chip in a target board with all of its signals isolated from the target during
programming.
Firmware Developer’s Ideal
The firmware developer’s ideal would be to ignore programming issues. He would not want to
give up any pins or make any concessions to accommodate in-circuit programming. In-circuit or
in-socket is a production issue.
Hardware Developer’s Ideal
The hardware developer would like to simply attach a programming connector to the appropriate
signals (or even clip a connector over the chip) and forget about it. He would like to use all of the
signals in the target without worrying about what the programmer might need.
THE REALITY
In-circuit programming is more complicated than in-socket programming. It is possible to use a
programmer that was not designed for in-circuit programming if the hardware designer takes
extreme measures to make the device appear to be in-socket. In other words, completely isolate
the device from the target during programming. Although this is possible, it is rarely done. The
reality is that NONE of the IDEALs are ever realized.
In-circuit programming support must be designed into the programming hardware AND the target
hardware.

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QW1 Summary of contents

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In-Circuit Programming with QuickWriter™ This is an application note describing how to design your target for proper in-circuit programming with a QuickWriter. THE’IDEALS’ The IDEAL programming environment varies widely, depending on whose perspective you take. Programming hardware’s Ideal From the ...

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IMPLEMENTATION QuickWriter is designed to make In-Circuit programming as hassle free as possible. It allows the hardware and firmware developers to come as close to their ideals as possible and still do reliable in-circuit programming. QuickWriter includes several features to ...

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DESIGNING FOR IN-CIRCUIT PROGRAMMING In addition to the in-circuit support built into QuickWriter, there are still a few basic requirements on the target to make it in-circuit programmable. The following defines the key issues related to each signal involved in ...

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VCC (2) Who powers the target possible to do in-circuit programming with the programmer powering the target or with the target powering itself. There are trade-offs and limitations with each choice. Programmer Powered The programmer can provide up ...

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Self Powered This is often the best choice. It eliminates any concern over back-feeding power supplies or about multi-voltage targets being partially powered. It most closely mimics the target’s intended operational modes. However, there is one situation in which programmer ...

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... Always connect the ground pin - Decide who powers the target and address the trade-offs involved. - Enable the PICmicro MCU’s power-up timer if possible. Particularly if using a device with internal MCLR. QuickWriter is a trademark of TechTools. PIC and PICmicro are trademarks of Microchip Technology Inc. ...

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