How to record PIC microcontrollers desde Linux (pk2cmd)

Hello everyone, I am going to show you how to record a .hex file in a pic microcontroller using pk2cmd in a few simple steps:

1. Download the program pk2cmd.
2. Unzip the file.
3. Using a terminal enter the directory of the downloaded source code.
4. Before compiling, you have to install other programs that are necessary, so we run as superuser:

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install libusb++-dev

5. Now you can compile the source code using:

make linux

6. And then, as superuser, install it with the command:

sudo make install

7. Once installed, add a line to the hidden file ".Bashrc" which is in your home folder (/ home / username). For this I run, as a normal user:

gedit /home/nombre_usuario/.bashrc

I add the following line to the end of the file:

export PATH = $ PATH: / usr / share / pk2

8. Finally "I execute", as a normal user, the lines of the file ".bashrc" using

source /home/nombre_usuario/.bashrc

With this the "pk2cmd" program should have been installed and configured to be used.

Testing the installation

To test that the installation and configuration work, a first way is, with the PicKit2 connected to the USB port, execute, as a normal user, the command:

pk2cmd /?v

How to record a .hex with pk2cmd

To verify that it autodetects the PIC that we have connected in the PicKit2:

pk2cmd -p

To read the .hex file that the PIC currently has recorded (in this case I save it on my desktop with the name "actual.hex"):

pk2cmd -p -gf/home/usuario/direccion/actual.hex

To save to the PIC the new file «file.hex» that I have on my desktop:

pk2cmd -p -m -f/home/usuario/direccion/archivo.hex

Here is a tutorial made by me :).

Download pk2cmdDownload manual in pdf