Pickit3 from Microcode Studio
I currently use an EPIC, MCS, PBP and want to go to less wires / lose parallel and use ICP.
I see all kinds of posts about MCS operating a Pickit2, but when I look in the define new programmer choices, I don't see pickit3. I believe the only difference id LVP support in a 3. can you use a 3 and choose a 2 from the drop down?
I like the MCS interface for programming so I don't want to seperately fire MPLAB.
So, should I get a 2 or a 3?
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Might be best to stay with a 2. But I do not have a 3 so maybe it is OK. You never know.
http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/show...hlight=pickit3
Dave
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I've never had a PK2 so I can't really compare the two. I do have a PK3 and have it working from within MCS. I'm pretty sure I found the description on how to get it going here on the forum.
Anyway, the PK3Cmd.exe is the executable that you need to point MCS to and here are the parameters I use:
-P$target-device$ -F$hex-filename$ -E -M -B -L -V5
Apparenently the -V5 at the end specifies the voltage that the PK3 supplies to the target. Be careful with that if the target device is a 3.3V device. You have to use a fairly up to date MPLAB in order for it to work. Personally I'm on v8.50
/Henrik.
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I saw the posts about loading 8.5 and using PK3Cmd.exe. I don't see Pickit3 as a drop down option in MCS though.Originally Posted by HenrikOlsson
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Hi,
You have to add it manually. Click Add new programmer and select Create Custom Programmer Entry and follow the prompts.
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OK, I installed the PK3Cmd.exe and added
-P$target-device$ -F$hex-filename$ -E -M -B -L -V5
seem to take it. So this works as easily as my epic?
I can still choose an pickit2 if this has issues. are you happy with the way yours gets called and run?
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