12F629 Trouble

[skimask]

LMAO, GOOGLE right?

Yeah i know my English limit... don't worry

As far as i'm aware of, there's no command line for PICKIT 2 ...

http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr
That's the limit of my language skillz...slim and none...and slim just rode out of town...

[mister_e]

PICKIT 2 V2-30 is now released.. TODAY May 15/2007
http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/e...me%20v2-30.txt

Getting better and better

[skimask]

PICKIT 2 V2-30 is now released.. TODAY May 15/2007
http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/e...me%20v2-30.txt

Getting better and better

I see it supports the new 18F45K20...now if Microchip would only release the chip. I could use some of that extra speed in that spectrum analyzer.

[shahidali55]

I finally got my 12F629 working.
I googled for hours but didn't get any instant solution.
Later i read that VPP should be applied before VDD (from the datasheet).
On this basis, i modified my programmer using only one more component.
This enabled my old programmer, which has no VDD control, to program the VPP before VDD chips.
Its a really simple solution, but so many people are spending so much cash buying new programmers and stuff. I Don't understand why people don't look at the datasheets.

[mister_e]

well because people buy real programmer and don't have those issues

[shahidali55]

But mister-e the so called "un" real programmer that i have costs only a tiny fraction of the real programmers. And it does the job well.

[skimask]

....tiny fraction....

PICKIT2 cost = $40 (give or take)

JDM style programmer = (tiny fraction) * PICKIT2

Time spent building a JDM style programmer = Insert hours and cost/hour

3 days of posts and time lost due to not being able to program a chip plus time searching for the solution and implementing that solution = (calculate what your time is worth here)

Being able to program a chip with an inexpensive programmer and knowing that it'll work the vast majority of the time = Priceless...

....And it does the job well.

Or does it?