paperchaser
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I have a little project that requires that I make a reasonable quantities of a gadet. I don't want to buy all the picaxe chips that are required at once as this is a bit expensive. So I would like to do them in batches, Then fit into my gadget.
My questions are - Is it possible to copy a Picaxe 08 chip in a copier or will it have to be loaded via the picaxe editor. I don't quite know how the code protection works or what limits it has. I know you can't read the contents of the chip back - but I only want to program them so that is not an issue. Can I turn off protection to make my code visible to be copied with the code protect then put on.
Would it be better to convert it to Assembler then squirt it down a 'proper' programmer unit. This means it could be done on a bench and no PC.
I don't want to spend a pile of money buying equipment to find It can't be done.
Sorry if this is a bit of a silly question. There does not seem to be much on the forum that I can see in this area (unless I am using the wrong search words), so any advice would be welcome.
My questions are - Is it possible to copy a Picaxe 08 chip in a copier or will it have to be loaded via the picaxe editor. I don't quite know how the code protection works or what limits it has. I know you can't read the contents of the chip back - but I only want to program them so that is not an issue. Can I turn off protection to make my code visible to be copied with the code protect then put on.
Would it be better to convert it to Assembler then squirt it down a 'proper' programmer unit. This means it could be done on a bench and no PC.
I don't want to spend a pile of money buying equipment to find It can't be done.
Sorry if this is a bit of a silly question. There does not seem to be much on the forum that I can see in this area (unless I am using the wrong search words), so any advice would be welcome.