Hmm, I made it work for a flashing LED. This is weird, you need to power the 16F1454 chip with 5V. It won't get programmed if I power it with 3V. I have never seen this for a regular 16F chip.
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Hmm, I'm trying to make this chip work with just an LED and the chip is not cooperating. I'm getting a "Does not match target device" error. When I try to get the target information, I get a...
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Re: PIC16F1454 Connecting To USB Doesn't Work
I just hit a sweet deal. At that price, I cleaned out everything they had on hand:
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These go for $3.91 / 100 at Digikey.