| How to Program a PICaxe with any FTDI cable |
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| Written by Nicholas McClanahan |
| Thursday, 29 April 2010 12:52 |
 Use one programming key for multiple microcontrollers
On the Pixter X, there are headers to make this super easy. If you're using another board, you'll want to connect the USB-Serial cable at the same point in your circuit where you'd connect the TRS jack. You'll also need to make one small change to the FTDI chip. Here's how; 1 Connect the cable to your PICaxe and to your computer, then download and run FTProg (here). FTProg is FTDI's utility to re-configure their chips. 2 Unzip FTProg, and run FT_PROG.exe. Select Devices >> Scan and Parse, or just hit F5.
3 Your device will show up in the device tree. click the + next to Hardware_Specific, then click on Invert_RS232_Signals. Check the first 4 properties;
4 Click Devices >> Program or just hit CTRL + P
5 The Program Devices Dialog will appear. Check the device to program, then click Program. It will only take a second or two
6 Unplug your usb cable, then plug it back in. Open up the PICaxe programming editor, select the COM port and select the right PICaxe and you're done!
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