The 8-bit PIC Programmer board can be used with various programming languages including Assembly, C and Flowcode. To program the PIC on the board a free tool called mLoader is available to download.
The board comes with a powerful PIC16F18877 microcontroller. The board presents all port pins collected together as E-Blocks 2 sockets. The board takes power from an external power supply or from the micro USB port.
If using this board with First Generation downstream E-Blocks, then you will need an E-Blocks 2 upstream to E-Blocks downstream connector.
New features in E-Blocks 2 include:
- Power now routed via the connector – no more flying leads
- Board auto ID functionality
- Flowcode automatic project set up
- Smaller footprint using up to date surface mount technology
- Over current resettable fuse protection
Ghost
The E-blocks2 board is compatible with Ghost technology. Using the board with Flowcode allows the use of the advanced Ghost debugging features including in circuit debugging, real time pin monitoring and bus decoding.
