PIC programmer(picstart plus, atmel)

[RichardMid]

Hi

I have access to a Microchip picstart plus pic programmer, but I need to program atmel 89c2051 pics. Can this be done. I would think one can get software capable of doing this somewhere, but cannot seem to find any.

thanks
Richard

 

[melone]

Did you contact Microchip?

 

[RichardMid]

No, but according to there site it is not supported. I was hoping somebody will now of some third party software that can do this.

 

[skills]

Can't be done Mate! You need a programmer for the Atmel AVR and you can get one from DigiKey for about $70.

 

[tomand]

Try IGUANALABS.COM. They have an excellent programmer capable of progrmming atmel 89c2051 and some other chips.

Cheers

Tom

 

[richs]

Sorry to say that I think that you will be hard pressed
to get an ATMEL microcontroller to be programmed by a PIC
controller. However, with a little effort on your part,
you can easily whomp up a wire wrapped programmer for
free.

A quick google search showed a link to a build it yourself
programmer, using the parallel port of a pc.

You might want to take a look at:

http://www.hw.cz/english/constrc/atm_prog/atmelprg.html

a $35.00 kit from:

http://electronickits.com/kit/complete/prog/ck1706.htm

another "freebie"

http://chaokhun.kmitl.ac.th/~kswichit/easy1/easy.htm

There are more out there. I guess the point being, is
that the programmer you have now is not compatible with
the AVR chips. Sorry.

Cheers,

Rich S.