New Computer has no Serial Port. How to do ICD?

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  1. - 27th June 2013, 04:26 #1
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    Default Re: New Computer has no Serial Port. How to do ICD?

    Google USB to serial converters.

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    Default Re: New Computer has no Serial Port. How to do ICD?

    Thanks for the feedback Robert. I have one that is for programming picaxe chips. It is com 3 and Microcode Studio sees that it's there, but when I try to run the IDC, it says that it's unable to connect to the PIC. The programming cable has input and output, but power is provided to the chip from a 5V supply connected to the programmer board. Not sure if that would cause a problem or not? I'm hoping this will work and I'm just doing something wrong, since I'm very ignorant about this stuff. Never done any of the serial stuff. I'm using the PIC16F648A.
    The last page here shows the schematic for the cable:
    http://www.picaxe.com/docs/axe027.pdf
    Should that work?
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    Default Re: New Computer has no Serial Port. How to do ICD?

    Have you installed the USB drivers?

    Robert

    Edit: I don't think you can program a PIC using a cable meant for a PICAXE. Compare that last page in the PDF with the programming circuit in your PBP manual.
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    Default Re: New Computer has no Serial Port. How to do ICD?

    http://m.walmart.ca/canada-estore/ca...skuId=10054744

    You want something like that.

    Make sure to get the proper RS232 connector; male or female.

    Robert
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