Programming a SNES Supercic

Hey there you guys!
I've bought myself a couple of PIC16F630's, and a PIC-programmer, so that I could make myself a SNES Supercic. I do know, that Bad_Ad84 is selling programmed chips, but I find it alot funnier to do it myself (However if this fails, I will buy one from him).
Anyway, I downloaded the Supercic files from Wolfsoft's thread here: http://wolfsoft.de/wordpress/?p=603

However, I have never tried to program a chip before, and therefore I am a little confused which file/files I need to flash to the chip?

COPYING
supercic-key.asm
supercic-key.hex
supercic-lock.asm
supercic-lock.hex

I would presume, that It should be one of the "Hex" files right?
But since there is 2 of them, I am not sure which one.
Sorry for the confusion! Just never tried PIC-programming before

- Madsmaten

 

The ASM is the source, and the HEX is compiled from ASM. You want to flash the HEX file to the chip.

 

Okay thank you, but which one?
Is it the: supercic-key.hex or the supercic-lock.hex ?

 

If I had to guess (and I could very well be wrong), the lock is for the console and the key is for the cartridge. That's just a guess though, I haven no idea if that is correct or not.

 

Off of Ikari's site "Key is for cartridges, lock is for consoles. So you need to flash the lock firmware."
https://sd2snes.de/blog/cool-stuff/supercic

 

Ah, so I was right after all. Would be fun to swap them around!

 

Thanks for joining!
That is correct, Ikari stated so in the comments here ( https://sd2snes.de/blog/cool-stuff/supercic ) .
"Key is for cartridges, lock is for consoles. So you need to flash the lock firmware."

However, that still don't help me much, because I am still not sure which hex file I should write to chip

Haha damn, you beat me to it!

 

You need to write the "supercic-lock.hex" file to the chip.

 

Awesome! Thank you!
Why is the supercic-key.hex included ?

 

Your welcome. It has it in case you wanted to make your own cartridge. The supercic-key.hex file would be for the CIC chip on the cartridge.

 

So happy I got that clarified!
Thank you for helping!

 

Your welcome! Do let us know how the install goes.

 

Will do!
Just have to wait for the programmer and PIC to arrive from china

 

Which programmer did you get?

 

Just a cheap Ebay one
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-PIC-Aut...-Programmer-/311188019447?hash=item48744058f7
It will work, don't you think?

 

I got the pickit 3 recently for around $20 and that supports a ton of PICs, anyways I've heard that the SNESCIC code has better compatibility than the SUPERCIC, here is a link:
https://github.com/mrehkopf/sd2snes/blob/develop/cic/

Either should work for your needs.

 

Somehow I had a feeling you were going to say the K-150 cause it's one of the cheapest (if not the cheapest) USB programmers you can get. I have one myself and I can tell you it works but I haven't tried it for SNES CICs. One of the things that isn't the best with it is that it's stuck with proprietary software, but it works.

 

Don't you think the cheap ebay programmer I bought will do the trick?
( http://m.ebay.com/itm/311188019447?_mwBanner=1 )
What is the difference between the files in your link, vs mine?
Thanks!

 

I could imagine that it wasn't the best, but I problably only need it for this project.
So I really hope it can do the trick

 

Whats incompatible with the supercic? As far as I know it works for everything?

Also, the one you linked doesnt have led output