Appendix J: About the CD-ROM
OVERVIEW
This book's companion CD-ROM has the following directories:
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bootldr/: Contains the Jolt/Colt serial bootloader self-installing executables (Appendix F, "The Jolt/Colt Serial Bootloaders").
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hitech/: Contains the self-installing HI-TECH PICC-18 C Compiler for PIC18F242 (Appendix C, "HI-TECH PICC-18 C Compiler Demo for the PIC18F242").
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figures/chap??: Contains the book figures as .png files separated by chapters.
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code/chap??: Contains assembly language and C code source files from book examples separated by chapters. Each file has the figure or listing number that features this example.
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code/common: Contains the #include C code files needed by the book examples.
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code/labs: Contains all of the files referenced by the lab exercises in Appendix I.
J.1 GENERAL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Any personal computer capable of running Windows 2000/XP can run the software included on the companion CD-ROM.
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Colt Serial Bootloader (V 0.5, Martin Dubuc author, http://mdubuc.freeshell.org/Colt/). This is a serial bootloader for the PICmicro family that includes a PC client written in Visual C++ and PICmicro firmware (hex file provided). Once a PICmicro is programmed with the included firmware, the PIC can be programmed by the PC client through the PC serial port, or with a USB-to-serial port adapter. System requirements are 460 KB of free disk space, Windows XP, and either a serial port or a USB-to-serial adapter (see Appendix F for installation details).
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Jolt Serial Bootloader (V 1.1, Martin Dubuc author, http.//mdubuc.freeshell.org/Jolt/). This is a serial bootloader for the PICmicro family that includes a PC client written in Java...