Croduino Basic: programming PIC 16 and ATmega48 chips via USB

Customer:

I’m completely new to programming, but I have experience with electronics from an earlier era. I need to program several chips for some functions and would like to do it myself. Can I use a Croduino Basic to program PIC 16 and ATmega48 chips? Does it connect via USB? Is that sufficient, or do I need additional equipment? Where do I get the programming software? I’ll find someone to show me the basics, or perhaps just copy the chips I need. I see you have a blog, so I should find some basic instructions there.

Original message (Croatian)

Poštovani, nov sam potpuno u programiranju, a starija sam generacija elektroničara. . Tada to nije ni postojalo. Trebalo bi nekoliko isprogramirati čipova za neke funkcije, pa bi si to volio sam napraviti. Moje pitanje glasi:::. Ako kupim od vas croduino basic, mogu li njime programirati ic-je PIC 16 , i atmega48 ? To je za spajanje sa USB-om ???Je li to dovoljno i što bi još trebao ? Program za to dobivam ili ga negdje moram potražiti ?? Naći ću valjda nekoga da mi ispočetka pokaže, a možda ću samo prekopirati čipove koji mi trebaju za dalje. Vidim da imate i blog ,pa valjda nađem neke osnovne upute. Hvala na budućem odgovoru, [name removed]

Originally submitted via email support on 15 December 2015. Migrated to the forum for community visibility.

Soldered Support:

You can program the controllers you mentioned with the Croduino Basic board. We haven’t worked specifically with PIC chips, but we can point you in the right direction.

Regarding USB: Croduino Basic is programmed via USB cable. To program a PIC or other microcontroller, you need to connect it to the Basic board with cables. For ATmega, you run code on the Croduino (which is connected to the ATmega you want to program) that programs it. We’ll send you the connection schematics.

Beyond our blog, we have video lessons that accompany our beginner set. We’re always ready to help when you get stuck.

Original message (Croatian)

hvala Vam na povjerenju.
Moguće je programirati navedene kontrolere Croduino Basic pločicom. Konkretno s PICovima nismo radili, ali možemo Vas uputiti.
Ako sam dobro shvatio u vezi USBa: Croduino Basic se programira preko USB kabela, a za programirati PIC/drugi SVR kontroler potrebno je povezati ga s Basicom pomoću kablića. Za PIC nisam siguran, Atmega se programira tako da pustite kod na Croduino(koji je predhodno povezat s Atmegom koju želite programirati) kod koji žalite na njoj. Poslati ćemo Vam sheme spajanja.
Osim bloga, imamo i video lekcije koje prate naš set za početnike. A i uvijek smo spremni uskočiti kada zapne.