Capacitive sensing with the CSM module, 16F1823 & learning about interrupts

[HankMcSpank]

It sounds like you've done everything right, but the only thing I do different is not try & select it in the Pickit standalone app device drop down list (cos it's not listed there!). When you connect your pickit2 to your PIC, then start the pickit2 standalone application, it should detect it.

If not, try....

In the pickit2 app, select 'device family' - 'midrange' - '1.8V min

then 'tools' - 'check communication ...and it should then find it (ie you should see your PIC listed next to the device field)

re MPLab....still finding my feet with that interface, I don't go there much for now, but here the pickit2 is greyed out too....go figure, the pickit2 standalone app works, but microchips IDE doesn't!

re the Pickit3...in my opinion it blows (for a start, there's no UART tool)