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Win WISP
Win WISP
is a simple Windows interface program to
Wisp628 device. Wisp628 is a PICmicro programmer designed by
Wouter van Ooijen. This software is also partially based on the
XWISP program. For more information on Wisp628 and XWISP
see www.voti.nl.
Some of the the Win WISP capabilities are:
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High speed programming
For example the 2k of code region of an 16F628 is programmed
within 15 seconds!
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Built in terminal window
This allows you to communicate with WISP device or directly
with the target chip. Baud rate is selectable separately for WISP and
the target. An option is provided for automatically entering the
terminal mode after successful programming.
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Customizable
WISP baudrate
WISP device communication speed is selectable up to 115k. This
improves programming speed.
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Customizable
programming delay
WISP device has an option for setting the programming delay.
This setting has a remarkable influence on programming speed.
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New!
Can preserve
specific memory locations and bits
According to Microchip's specification, some memory locations and some bits
must be preserved when erasing or writing the chip (e.g. the internal RC
oscillator calibration word, or band gap bits).
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Chip definitions in
external files
Chip definitions are stored in ini-like external text files.
Structure of these files allows the user to add new chips.
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It is FREE!
This software is freeware. It may be freely distributed
and used. However, it comes with absolutely no warranty of any kind. If
you find this software useful please let me know.
PIC's tested
Till now, I have only
tested the following PIC chips:
- PIC 16F84, 16f84A
- PIC 15F628
I plan to test some
other chips in the near future as time and money allows. Any help with
this is greatly welcome. I encourage everyone to create and modify the
chip definition files as they hopefully allow settings for other chips as
well. See the help
file for details.
Version history
version 0.9.4, June 9. 2003
Minor changes in user interface.
Read/Verify support fully implemented.
Support for preserving specific memory locations and
bits added. Some annoying bugs fixed.
version 0.9.3, May 26. 2003
Minor changes in user interface.
Separate writes of regions are now supported. No
read/verify is implemented yet. The new
version of Wisp628
firmware is available (v 1.09) - it seems to repair some bugs so the
error fix options are now obsolete. Also the programming speed setting has
now remarkable influence on programming speed.
version 0.9.2, May 17. 2003
Fixed data (EEPROM) writing error.
version 0.9.1, May 16. 2003
Fixed handling of HEX image files. HEX image files created with
MPLAB assembler worked fine but not those created by HI-TECH C compiler. This was
corrected.
version 0.9,
April 25. 2003
This is the initial release. Only writing of all regions is supported. No separate region writes nor
reads are implemented yet..
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