Hi Dave

……One of the things I like about MPLAB is it can tell me how the fuses are set after a program is compiled.……
I noticed the child window available in Mplab, but I have to say that initially I much prefer the Melabs Serial programmer Interface. I assume that multiple options are probably equally available using PICkit2, I just haven’t found them yet. Like reading the eeprom of a device and having it displayed full screen height rather than a piddly little 5 line scroll combo box. I like to use eeprom as an alarm event log recorder so the more I can see in one hit the better.

Redeading my post, I appear to have presented it as a better/ worse thread, this wasn’t my intention, I just thought I would share an experience. Having to succumb to Microchips policy of protectionism.


Hi Sarma,

Yeah I guessed something was wrong, to be honest most of the time taken was with installing windows updates to Net framework, my point was really that MPLabs is a monster and in my humble experience, vulnerable to failure. For example Windows update continues to attempt a forced install of a critical update service pack to Net framework V.1, but it also has installed through to version 3. PICkit initially installed version 2. Do I want to go searching the windows Knowledge base on an Easter weekend, yeah I think Not.

I hate to sound jaded but it is many years now since I was “in love” with PC’s. I am reminded of a quote by Damon Hill an F1 racing driver who found himself looking across at a competitor as he was entering the first bend and thinking “what’s the rush?”. I am sure Damon continues to thoroughly enjoy driving but there is only so much of your life you can spend fiddling about with the OS on any computer. How many guys do we all know who come into work on a monday having spent the weekend Fdisking their Hdrives and getting the optimum setup “for the very last time”….. until the next month!

Minimum code = Maximum enjoyment! Just look at the response on here when you get a code condensing thread.

“If it ain’t bust don’t try to fix it” ………… just hang on as I put my bright yellow cardigan on and settle down into my rocking chair

Duncan