Sorry hope this is ok, not a code question but you smart guys can tell me...

[wdmagic]

my programmer is a Kit149 modified, its old i got it back in 2006, it does not work with any other software than what came with it. I saw the pickit3's but i thought they were 99$. I have tried to upgrade my software but it didnt work.
I literally have 0 income right now so I do odd jobs and such. I am building a project for a guy that ill get maybe $5 for but will give me some experiance working with some features of pic's. I could do so much more if I could interface the PC to my 4550 chips, but USB is boggling me right now. I will start a thread up for that later.

What i have installed right now is
Microcode Studio 4.0
PBP 2.6
MikroBasic 2.0.0.4 <-I never used this even though it installed
MPLAB IDE 8.6 <- Cant use it gives dll error even after reinstalling???
KIT149 Programming software <-custom software for this programmer

What i want is PBP3 and a new programmer(s) including the PicKit3 but that has to wait.

HEHE that last comment about a 18F4622 was just an example of the naming convention.

[HenrikOlsson]

Yeah, in that situation I'd hold on tight to the few pennies coming in, I hope the situation gets better soon!
If USB is proving difficult why not use the good old UART aproach? It's straight forward and just plain works (so does USB of course - once you get to that point, atleast that's what I've been told - never been able to get there myself...).

If you're on an old version of PBP make sure it supports any new PIC you might choose. I can't seem to find the device list for 2.6 on MELABS site but I know it's there somewhere. I think the 46K22 is supported in 2.6 but I'm not entirely sure.

As for the PICkit3, there are "bundles" available where you get a little demoboard together with the actual PICKit3 device programmer/debugger. Those bundles costs more a bit more but the bare programmer/debugger (Microchip part number PG164130) is $49 from Digikey or $45 from Microchip Direct - half that for a clone on EBAY.

I'm afraid I can't help with MikroBasic (is that the Mikro Electronika compiler or what is it?) or the software for the programmer.