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Subject: Re: Board produced with JetStar film

From: "Gary" <questuk1@...>
Date: 2006-01-17

Hi Leon,

[OT]How hard is it to program and write software for the PIC18F2455,
as I am considering using it?


If you could reply too me off list?


Regards


Gary



--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "leon_heller" <leon.heller@b...>
wrote:
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "leon_heller" <leon.heller@b...>
> wrote:
> >
> > This is a PCB I've produced with JetStar inkjet film:
> >
> > Files > LCDPUB > 18F2455.jpg
> >
> > It looks like the process I'm using with this film is reliable and
> > repeatable. I don't waste a whole sheet of the film on a little board
> > like this, of course; I cut a small piece and stick it to a sheet of
> > ordinary A4 paper with a piece of masking tape, and put that in the
> > paper feeder.
> >
> > The board is for experimenting with the USB function of the
> > PIC18F2455. It just has an LED for output. It has the usual USB
> > connector and a connector for the ICD 2 debugger/programmer.
>
> Further to the above, it's just taken me a couple of hours to get that
> rather simple board working! I eventually found that I had the ICD 2
> connections reversed. I'm using a different connector than the one
> I've used previously, I changed the footprint but forgot to swap the
> pin numbers! 8-(
>
> Leon
>