ICSP (2) questions

[Ramonetnet]

Well, let me explain a bit my environment. I am not in a "industrial" situation.
We want to build a solar intensity detector, so the solar cell provides some analog voltage, the PIC converts it to digital, a PC reads it using the parallel port, and starts/stops few motors to try to find a better position. It is a scholar project, so only one prototype has to be built.

So, I think I need a LVP, if possible, or the people at Microchip will be happy with my 57,89 €.

The In-Circuit-Programming is not so important to me ...

Thanks for you patience. Ramon.

[mackrackit]

The In Circuit Programming is up to you, we were just letting you know the options.

Your project is a good one. I am not sure what you mean by LVP though.

Another thought... Serial communications are much easier than parallel and if the devices are a distance apart serial will work better.

[mister_e]

LVP use the PGM pin, while ICSP don't... i never saw ANY advantage to use LVP mode... Pretty sure none of my programmer use it and why it exist... One thing is sure... i never used it

[mister_e]

The In-Circuit-Programming is not so important to me ...

ok so let's have this discussion in few weeks... Once you'll have swap your PIC from Board to programmer, and programmer to board few dozen or hundreds times...