DESIGN AND CONTRUCTION OF A MICROCOMPUTER BASED MICROCONTROLLER PROGRAMMER

Abstract

The aIm of this project IS to design and construct a microcomputer based microcontroller programmer for 805) family. This is being achieved with the aid of firmware on the programmer and a mi~rocomputer based software. The software was developed using Visual Basic(VB), VB was chosen because it has graphics user interface(GUI) facilities, which made the project interactive with the User. On the other hand, the firmware on the programmer was developed using C-Ianguage. C-Ianguage was taking because it is structural based than BASIC language and assembling language. With this microcomputer based microcontroller programmer, the users can program their microcontroller chips with their codes and this will not only encourage Nigerians in designing a more effective and reliable automated system that can improve the economy but • also brings out the ingenuity of Nigerians in digital circuit design. This microcontroller programmer can only be used any microcontroller that has the same pins and programming configurations with the family, so avail yourself the opportunity this project has brought.