Hi Evan, An update about his issue after e-mailing with Microchip and a lot of waiting. I made a mistake in ordering free samples.
I selected a PIC for which there where no free samples available. Normally you get this special icon that you need to click to order free samples. If the icon is not there and you click on the PIC you want then you get a page with paid samples. So you have to check if the free sample icon is there. I ordered some PICs but unfortunately there where no free samples in the package I wanted so I ordered them in another package. So it is still possible to test device files before releasing them 🙂. Kind regards, Rob ________________________________ Van: '[email protected]' via jallib <[email protected]> Verzonden: maandag 26 juni 2023 10:27 Aan: jallib <[email protected]> Onderwerp: [jallib] Re: Releasing untested device files The strategy is a good one. Microchip have improved the quality of the device descriptions with MPLAB-X. If the JALLIB process recreates the device file upon each MPLAB-X / DFP release (as Microchip do correct) then you have a robust process. >From a GCBASIC point of view - we will do the same. Evan On Monday, 26 June 2023 at 08:35:49 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: Hi all, When new PICs are released, I create new device files using the data provided in MPLABX. Normally I do a test of a device file by running the blink-a-led sample program. For that I order free samples from Microchip. Microchip seems to change this and now you must have a business (and a VAT number) in order to get samples and it seems that it is no longer free. Since I have no business and did not plan to buy all available PIC microcontroller I plan to release all new device files untested. In the years that I have taken over the device file creation from Rob Hamerling I did not found any issues lately with device files since Microchip is doing a better job than in the past. The advantage of this is that I can release a device file as soon as it is available in MPLABX and you do not need to wait for me to get a sample to test it. Let me know what you think. Thanks Kind regards, Rob -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "jallib" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/jallib/XrU5caeqIxc/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jallib/136efd04-8bd0-4759-b5ed-361d785d4f4bn%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jallib/136efd04-8bd0-4759-b5ed-361d785d4f4bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jallib" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jallib/GVXP195MB1637F9D2E253D96567DB7EA6E6E0A%40GVXP195MB1637.EURP195.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.
