On Sun, 2011-04-24 at 12:05 -0500, charlie_r wrote: > This is the programmer i have: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/PIC-PRO-USB-PIC-Programmer-Microchip-U1-/130446733994?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e5f3b32aa > > might have to spend the $$ for a better one that would be linux compatible. > or learn to write an app for linux to allow communication with this white elephant. > Take a look at these sites,which both have information about native Linux PIC development tools, which is probably what you want: http://pikdev.free.fr/ http://www.uchobby.com/index.php/2008/04/19/pic-development-linux-style/ Martin