Arguably, Microchip’s PIC microcontrollers do not get enough posts here. One of the drawbacks for some of us is that Linux support for PICs is not very well known. The information is out ther… ...

Microchip Technology's Production Programming Service enables all Microchip customers, regardless of their order size, to have their application code programmed into their PIC microcontrollers ...

The flash-based PIC family of microcontrollers is another popular choice. Since they aren’t quite as beginner or user-friendly, setting up a programmer for them is not as straightforward.

Disconnect the 5V supply prior to programming the PIC microcontroller. The header would be connected to a standard PIC development environment such as a PICKit2, allowing Microchip’s debug and ...