Programming PIC10F222

[brid0030]

Thanks guys, but in short, I tried all that. I am aware that the pinout is unique for the 10Fs. I am using a breadboard to piece together an adaptor. That's why I described those connections in my post. I had seen the MPLAB help doc, and it seems like what I am doing should work. It does mention a firmware update (which is probably not possible with my imitation PICSTART.

What makes me crazy is that there doesn't seem to be anything special about the 10Fs other than the pinout. So why does it fail where others succeed. I've seen some posts on other forums--folks haveing the same problem, but no solutions. So if you have any ideas, chime in please.

And if not...Well, I've always wanted to try one of those little pickit jobs...

Thanks.

[Bruce]

Microchip tends to change a lot more than just pinouts, so a device programmer will need to
support a variety of different device programming algorithms, pinouts, and whatever else
differs from one to the next.

I gave up years ago on clone type programmers. It really will save you a boat-load of time
and frustration going with a solid & supported programmer.

Most clone types don't stay current with software & firmware updates, so you fall behind in
support for a lot of new PICs.

A PICkit2 or MeLabs USB programmer would be worth the investment.

[brid0030]

The PicKit-2 works just great...

Thanks fellas.