websmith
- 31st January 2007, 06:29
Hi
I just wanted to share my good news. About a year ago I bought the Microchip USB Pickit2 and was appalled to discover it only supported a few of the newest pics eg 16F690 etc. I nearly 'binned' it but fortunately kept it. My laptop recently packed up and the new one I see to my dismay had no serial port so my trusty Olimex (JDM) programmer won't do. Yesterday (I'm a slow starter) I discovered microchip have released an upgrade to the application s/w and the programmer firmware for Pickit2, downloaded and tested it and I can now use it for all my old faithfulls eg 16F84, 627, 628, 873 etc.
I just wanted to share my good news. About a year ago I bought the Microchip USB Pickit2 and was appalled to discover it only supported a few of the newest pics eg 16F690 etc. I nearly 'binned' it but fortunately kept it. My laptop recently packed up and the new one I see to my dismay had no serial port so my trusty Olimex (JDM) programmer won't do. Yesterday (I'm a slow starter) I discovered microchip have released an upgrade to the application s/w and the programmer firmware for Pickit2, downloaded and tested it and I can now use it for all my old faithfulls eg 16F84, 627, 628, 873 etc.