The flash-based PIC family of microcontrollers is another popular choice. Since they aren’t quite as beginner or user-friendly, setting up a programmer for them is not as straightforward.

In this Idea for Design, placing this circuit setup between the battery VDD bus and the PIC microcontroller allows you to execute in-circuit programming while protecting the application ...

He’s actually crafting the operation codes for a PIC microcontroller by hand. We’re glad he’s explained this in-depth because right now we feel way over our heads.

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