[neonixie-l] Re: OT: new PIC Programmer

2011-01-29 Thread Alex Grant
Grab a fake / clone one from sure electronics on ebay or their website, I have one here and it works well... - Alex On Jan 28, 12:12 pm, fixitsan chefin...@gmail.com wrote: I've been on the Pickit2 for four years, no problems at all. Does the pickit 3 also have the logic analyser and the

[neonixie-l] Re: OT: new PIC Programmer

2011-01-28 Thread fixitsan
I've been on the Pickit2 for four years, no problems at all. Does the pickit 3 also have the logic analyser and the serial data monitor options ? I might consider upgrading for the speed benefits if they have those too. I actually have 2 Pickit 2's and when I'm writing serial interfacing code I

[neonixie-l] Re: OT: new PIC Programmer

2010-12-25 Thread Jens Boos
Thanks for the input you guys, I think I will go for a PicKit 3, this sounds like a reasonable investment to me. I had to finish a project before Christmas and I just built it with a 4MHz oscillator and /MCLR = VDD configuration to have something working at least. When the new programmer arrives,

[neonixie-l] Re: OT: new PIC Programmer

2010-12-21 Thread kosbo.com
Hi, I would recommend PicKit3 as well, as it's new and latest version of PicKit I am not sure if it's good idea to go to previous version (PicKit2), as even you use just one uC, later you might go to new chip, which surprisely could not be supported by PicKit2... ICSP is just a way to program uC,

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: new PIC Programmer

2010-12-21 Thread jb-electronics
Hello Konstantin, Hi, I would recommend PicKit3 as well, as it's new and latest version of PicKit I am not sure if it's good idea to go to previous version (PicKit2), as even you use just one uC, later you might go to new chip, which surprisely could not be supported by PicKit2... probably

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: new PIC Programmer

2010-12-21 Thread David Forbes
ICSP is just a way to program uC, so just add an extra 3(5) pins and wires on your breadboard and you are happy to re-program chip without removing it from your circuit every time you need to program it... Generally, it is not that easy. Depending on the internal circuitry it is not just

[neonixie-l] Re: OT: new PIC Programmer

2010-12-21 Thread threeneurons
That Dave Jones guy (at the EEVBlog) is a hoot ! The original Pickit3 review is over a year old (Oct 2009). I suspect Microchip 'fixed' the firmware on the Pickit3. Its the successor to the Pickit-2, but distributors will sell you one if they have them. Its not a pack of stale potato chips:

[neonixie-l] Re: OT: new PIC Programmer

2010-12-21 Thread kosbo.com
Hi Jens, All my clock boards and prototype boards has my standard 5 pins connector for ICSP: mclr, data,clock, +5V and ground. Using it, I have programmed tens of project and hundreds of Clocks with wide range of PICs and never had problem with it. Of cause you have to think about your pins

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: new PIC Programmer

2010-12-21 Thread Adam Jacobs
Jens, For Completeness, if you are only going to be programming that one single PIC.. and you prefer a socket type programmer, you can still use a good JDM programmer. I have had nothing but good things to say about this programmer, just caveat that newest chips are not going to work.