Description

A bootloader for PIC microcontrollers, that makes your USB capable PIC appear to your computer as a thumb drive. Programming can be done through MPLABX or by simply dragging and dropping your Intel hex file onto the drive. No programmer, drivers or software to install.

https://github.com/johnnydrazzi/USB-uC

Currently supports:
- PIC16F1454
- PIC16F1455
- PIC16F1459
- PIC18F14K50
- PIC18F24K50
- PIC18F25K50
- PIC18F45K50
- PIC18F26J53
- PIC18F46J53
- PIC18F27J53
- PIC18F47J53

Details

Features

Different crystal options, including NO_XTAL.
Drag and drop programming or through MPLABX.
Read user flash as a PROG_MEM.BIN file (PIC18 only).
Erase user flash by deleting PROG_MEM.BIN (PIC18 only).
Read and write to EEPROM through a EEPROM.BIN file (PIC18 only).
Erase EEPROM by deleting EEPROM.BIN (PIC18 only).

PIC16F145X v0.03

Bootloader button is connected between RC4 and VDD (RC4 has 10K pull-down). A button is also between MCLR and GND (MCLR has weak internal pull-up). Bootloader/User LED is connected to RC5.

12/16MHz or NO_XTAL crystal options, PLL Software Controlled (PLLEN), INTOSC soft select (SCS).
Brownout Reset is software controlled (SBOREN), 2.7V.
Watch Dog Timer is software controlled (SWDTEN).

Config Words:

Register:	Binary:	Hex:
CONFIG1:	0b11001011 11001XXX	0xCBCX
CONFIG2:	0b11011010 11001111	0xDACF

PIC18F14K50 v0.05

Bootloader button is connected between RC0 and VDD (RC0 has 10K pull-down). A button is also between MCLR and GND (MCLR has 10K pull-up). Bootloader/User LED is connected to RC1.

12MHz Crystal, PLL Software Controlled (PLLEN), INTOSC soft select (SCS).
EEPROM initialization via macros are supported.
Brownout Reset is software controlled (SBOREN), 2.7V.
Watch Dog Timer is software controlled (SWDTEN), 1:256 Postcaler.
Bootloader flash space and Config Words space is write protected.

Config Words:

Register:	Binary:	Hex:
CONFIG1L:	0b00000000	0x00
CONFIG1H:	0b00100010	0x22
CONFIG2L:	0b00001010	0x0A
CONFIG2H:	0b00010000	0x10
CONFIG3H:	0b10000000	0x80
CONFIG4L:	0b10000001	0x81
CONFIG5L:	0b00000011	0x03
CONFIG5H:	0b11000000	0xC0
CONFIG6L:	0b00000010	0x02
CONFIG6H:	0b10000000	0x80
CONFIG7L:	0b00000011	0x03
CONFIG7H:	0b01000000	0x40

PIC18F24K50 v0.06

When using 12/16MHz crystal versions of the bootloader, bootloader button is connected between RB6 and VDD (RB6 has 10K pull-down). A button is also between MCLR and GND (MCLR has 10K pull-up). Bootloader/User LED is connected to RB7.

For the NO_XTAL version, bootloader button is on RA6 and bootloader/User LED on RA7.

12/16MHz or NO_XTAL crystal options, PLL Software Controlled (PLLEN), INTOSC soft select (SCS).
EEPROM initialization via macros are supported.
Brownout Reset is software controlled (SBOREN), 2.85V.
Watch Dog Timer is software controlled (SWDTEN), 1:256 Postcaler.
SDO on RB3, T3CKI on RC0, CCP2 on RC1.
PORTB pins are digital I/O at powerup.
Bootloader flash space and Config Words space is write protected.

Config Words:

Register:	Binary:	Hex:
CONFIG1L:	0b00100000	0x20
CONFIG1H:	0b0000XXXX	0x0X
CONFIG2L:	0b00000010	0x02
CONFIG2H:	0b00100010	0x22
CONFIG3H:	0b11010001	0xD1
CONFIG4L:	0b10000001	0x81
CONFIG5L:	0b00001111	0x0F
CONFIG5H:	0b11000000	0xC0
CONFIG6L:	0b00001110	0xE0
CONFIG6H:	0b10000000	0x80
CONFIG7L:	0b00001111	0x0F
CONFIG7H:	0b01000000	0x40

PIC18FX5K50 v0.08

For the NO_XTAL version, bootloader button is on RA6 and bootloader/User LED on RA7.

12/16MHz or NO_XTAL crystal options, PLL Software Controlled (PLLEN), INTOSC soft select (SCS).
EEPROM initialization via macros are supported.
Brownout...

Files

PIC18FX7J53.zip

x-zip-compressed - 72.29 kB - 02/15/2019 at 07:00

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PIC18FX6J53.zip

x-zip-compressed - 72.23 kB - 02/15/2019 at 07:00

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PIC18FX5K50.zip

x-zip-compressed - 28.78 kB - 02/15/2019 at 07:00

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PIC18F24K50.zip

x-zip-compressed - 28.76 kB - 02/15/2019 at 07:00

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PIC16F145X.zip

x-zip-compressed - 26.85 kB - 02/15/2019 at 07:00

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Johnny • 6 days ago • 0 comments

New version is up!

Even though the previous version worked fine, I wasn't aware that my USB stack and MSC library wasn't passing all USB Ch9 and MSC compliance tests (using USB20CV). Now that my libraries are updated, I decided to update the bootloaders too.

PS: The PIC16F145X bootloader had 20-35 words to spare with this version! Almost didn't make it.

Build Instructions

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Setup Project

Right click on your MPLABX project, and select Properties. Under XC8 global options, click XC8 linker. In the Option categories dropdown, select Additional options. In the Codeoffset input, you need to put an offset of 0x2000. (For PIC16F145X offset is in words, therefore 0x1000)

If you are using the a J Series bootloader:

In the Option categories dropdown, select Memory Model. In the ROM ranges input, you need to put a range starting from the Codeoffset to 1KB from last byte in flash. e.g. For X7J53, 2000-1FBFF is used. This makes sure your code isn't placed in the same Flash Page as the Config Words. That area is write protected.

Download From MPLABX

You can get MPLABX to download your code every time you press build. To set this up, right click on your MPLABX project, and select Properties. Under Conf: [Default], click Building. Check the Execute this line after build box and place in this line of code (use the drive letter or name of your device depending on OS):

Windows example:

cp ${ImagePath} E:\

Needs a space following "\".

OSX example:

cp ${ImagePath} /Volumes/PIC18FX7J53

Linux example:

cp ${ImagePath} /media/PIC18FX7J53

Start Bootloader

If you have previously loaded a program, reset your device or insert the USB cable, whilst holding down the button. The on-board LED blinks fast 3 times to indicate bootloader mode is active. If no program is present, just insert the USB. Your PIC will now appear in My Computer as a thumb drive.

Discussions

Santiago Jose wrote 02/05/2019 at 16:14

Currently I only have one pic for development, if I charge the booloader could I re-record another program in the section that is recorded by the bootloader? I do not want to lose the pic in case of having problems with the bootloader

Are you sure? yes | no

Johnny wrote 02/05/2019 at 23:00

ah, I understand. The write protection bits in the config words just prevent your user code from being able to overwrite the protected areas. You can still write over it again with a programmer. The code protection bits prevent a programmer from reading back your memory contents (stop people from stealing your firmware). When I was first learning about PICs, I made the same assumption.

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Santiago Jose wrote 02/01/2019 at 22:41

Hello, excellent work ... but I have a question, if I load the .hex in the pic, I could not load a different program because of the write protection?

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Johnny wrote 02/05/2019 at 10:25

Hey, thanks. The bootloader protects itself and the configuration words when loading your hex file. Just be careful with your user code, that you haven't written code that writes to locations in flash that have the bootloader or config words. Some of the bootloaders have protection from this where possible, but it wasn't possible for all of them.

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Santiago Jose wrote 02/05/2019 at 13:33

I recently acquired a pic18f24k50 to make tests, Do you have a bootloader without code protection for this pic?

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Johnny wrote 02/05/2019 at 15:13

Not sure I understand your question. The user space is not write protected. It's a bootloader after all.

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Muth wrote 03/21/2018 at 09:31

Great news for the 18F14K50, I should test it as I have some of them, just need to find some time :)

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Johnny wrote 03/21/2018 at 11:40

I look forward to your feedback. The latest version has a EEPROM.BIN file you can open in a hex editor. You can read and modify the EEPROM through that file. I'll update the instructions tonight.

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Alex wrote 03/06/2018 at 17:45

This looks great! Are there any plans to support more controllers? Or to publish the code, so that others could add additional controller support?

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Johnny wrote 03/06/2018 at 23:16

Cheers Alex. I have a few in mind I want to support. PIC18F25/45K50, and PIC16F1455. I have already designed some modules for 25K50 and 1455. I think the J series will be easy to port. I had a go at the 45K50 the other day, with some difficulty. I'll keep trying on 25/45K50, they seem to be popular.

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Muth wrote 03/06/2018 at 13:56

Very nice ! Will you keep your code closed ? (which I understand perfectly)

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Johnny wrote 03/06/2018 at 14:28

Thanks Muth. Hopefully it gets used other than just me. I'm still undecided about opening the code.

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Jarrett wrote 03/06/2018 at 17:47

Yeah, totally your call. :)
If another data point is useful, I would totally retarget this for a different chip - Maybe PIC18F14k50 - If I had the source.

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Johnny wrote 03/06/2018 at 23:24

I'm working on porting the 45K50 next, that should be similar right?

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Jarrett wrote 03/08/2018 at 17:19

That'd be cool. That's a good family.

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Johnny wrote 03/10/2018 at 08:47

X5K50 parts are now supported.

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davedarko wrote 03/02/2018 at 08:03

So what's the current status, is it working yet?

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Johnny wrote 03/02/2018 at 14:41

Hey Dave, yeah firmware for X7J53 is working well. Plan on compiling with XC8 Pro some time over the weekend to see how small I can get the bootloader. I'll release the hex after that hopefully.

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USB μC - USB PIC Bootloader

Description

Details

Features

PIC16F145X v0.03

Config Words:

PIC18F14K50 v0.05

Config Words:

PIC18F24K50 v0.06

Config Words:

PIC18FX5K50 v0.08

Files

PIC18FX7J53.zip

PIC18FX6J53.zip

PIC18FX5K50.zip

PIC18F24K50.zip

PIC16F145X.zip

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USB μC - USB PIC Bootloader

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Config Words:

PIC18FX5K50 v0.08

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