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  1. - 11th September 2010, 19:06 #1
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    About MPLAB 'd like to post my experience regarding the use of ICD3.

    If you are using the above as a programmer then the best MPLAB version so far is the 8.15a and you can download it from Melabs site.

    Newer version have serious timout problems and lose connection with the ICD3 producing the ICD3Err0033 error. I was almost ready to return it form repair until I download the old version and have no problem at all. And the assembler is very-very fast also!

    Too pity that many people have the same problem (according to Microchips forums) but the company does not seem to do anything about it.

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    P.S. When installing a newer version you have manually to remove the older one. Look at Add/Remove programs fro XP or Program and Features for Vista.
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    That's so sad for me (mplab version). I had to upgrade to icd3 because my icd2 was an older one with no support for win7. Had to upgrade mplab to 8.53 to get support for my device (16F1947). So it sounds like the best option may be 8.53 with icd2 on an xp machine.
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    16F1946 is supported by 8.15a but not the 16F1947...

    Do you have any problems with the ICD3/MPLAB 8.5x/Win 7 ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ioannis View Post

    Do you have any problems with the ICD3/MPLAB 8.5x/Win 7 ?

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    To be honest, I haven't tried that combo yet. ICD3 is at work, where I only have XP. I will bring it home tomorrow and try it on my laptop with win7. I don't have a current built project to test it with, but I can use the test module that came with it,
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    OK. Looking forward...

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    Hello All,

    I was hoping to have an demo exe ready to post today, but the development had to take a major turn this past Friday...

    I removed all the fuse configuration parsing and settings. For want of a better first task I tried adding the setup of the pin input/output states and levels. The relevant MAPSM .inc file is parsed to determine what ports exist and which individual bits are available for those ports (and of course GPIO for the little chips). Each port gets it's own tab. Bits that don't exist for a given port are not shown on the individual tab. (Did that make *any* sense?). The configuration files can be saved and re-loaded.

    However, when taking the last look before posting I noticed two bugs that I won't have a chance to fix until tonight or tomorrow. One is that the text doesn't update properly when using certain chips until you actually click on a tab. The other is that when the text is generated in the form "TRISA = %10101010" I have inadvertently reversed the order of the bits. (When all bits in a port are not used it instead puts in an individual line for each bit, e.g. "TRISA.1 = %0".) I'm sure additional bugs will appear...

    Anyway I just wanted to put out that I was still trying to (finally!) maybe do something useful for this community. Suggestions for additional features to add would be most welcome. A screenshot is attached.

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    That looks nice!!!
    Next ADC?
    I was planning to start there but my weekend did not go as planned so I have nothing to show.
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    Quote Originally Posted by prstein View Post
    Hello All,

    A screenshot is attached.

    Best Regards,
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    Hi, Paul

    Nice one !!! I take it all ...

    Alain

    PS: Place PORTA = xxxx .... BEFORE TRISA = xxx ... to prevent any port toggling .
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    Hi Paul.

    I likd the idea of the Initial state.

    Great job!

    Is this in VB?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ioannis View Post
    OK. Looking forward...

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    Just to follow up on this, I finally did remember to bring my ICD3 home from work. Today I have it plugged in. I also have the test interface module pluged into it. From time to time through out the day, I jump to mplab and test the connection. So far so good. I don't really know if this will test the issue or not, but at least is a start.
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    With the test interface works OK. It just ensures that electrically the ICD3 is working.

    But if you load a hex file, compile a project or try to program a chip then after a while it looses connection and returns an error message. The only cure is to disconnect the USB cable and reconnect in a few seconds.

    Any version after 8.15a does this. In my Vista, XP and in a friends systems to (his ICD3). On the Microchips forum there are reports from others too...

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