Pickit 3 failed to program

[Michael]

by the way you said push the button and then connect usb for reset -- wait till leds blink.
no such thing happening with mine -- held the button forever and nothing.

[Michael]

just ordered another one -- not the same one I had but certainly a clone

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

figure if I get 20 uses out of it, it's only a dollar per program. normally not a "return person" but amazon is very liberal with returns.... so who knows?

[towlerg]

You don't need to use MPLabx/IPE for 16F88, you can use Pickit3.exe or CLI or even a PicKit2. Make sure you use the download option in the tools menu.

If you can use something else instead of 16F88 do so, I seem to recall several posts re. OSCCON and a couple of other things.

[Michael]

thanks George. I'll write that down and look at those options today. yes -- in my searches on 16F88 regarding all this I kept seeing "issues" regarding 16F88 and noted digikey doesn't even stock it now. oredered some 16F1847 because I need the memory but hope it isn't problematic as well ?

[Michael]

George --
How do I download pickit3.exe?

I went to tools on both mplab and the ipe and see download plug ins but don't see anything.

Google search shows a site for download that looks shady.


thanks

[Dave]

Michael, I have been using the 16F1847 for the past few years with the PicKit3 and PicKit4 as well as the ICD3 programmer's from MicroChip with there software and have had NO problems at all...

[mpgmike]

It just occurred to me that the really old PIC16F chips have an issue with the Vpp/MCLR voltage. As I recall, putting a 100 ohm resistor between the Vpp pin and the PICKit3 was a work-around.

[towlerg]

@michael PicKit3 GUI version http:// http://ww1.microchip.com/dow...on%20v3.10.zip , google PK3CMD.EXE for the command line version. Even better buy PickitPlus, it's well worth it.

[mpgmike]

In a previous post the question was posed, where to buy? I searched Microchip's site for PICKit3 and it appears they have discontinued selling it. There are probably many in inventory at DigiKey and other vendors. Their flagship programmer is now the PICKit4:

https://www.microchip.com/developmen...tails/PG164140

Their cost leader is the Snap programmer costing around $15 US.

https://www.microchip.com/developmen...tails/PG164100