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Texy
- Jan 1, 1970
- 0
I,ve just won an auction for one of these, hoping to use MPLAB with
it,
rather than using a seperate programmer.
Of course, in my rush to win the auction, I didn't look into how
nearly
useless this early picstart is. I,ve done the usual google searches
and
discovered that an Australian company (Newfound Electronics) offered a
replacement firmware. Well, I,ve downloaded that hex file, now I need
to
get hold of a blank 17c42 and then get it programmed. As Newfound no
longer
support this product (ala Microchip), I not sure exactly what the
new firmware will give me.
Anyone out there who has used the replacement 'phoenix' firmware?
What exactly does it offer me?
I,m hoping at least, that it will fool MPLAB into thinking it has a
picstart plus on the end of a serial port. Of course I realise that it
may not give the full list of PIC chips that the plus can program.
Thanks,
Texy
it,
rather than using a seperate programmer.
Of course, in my rush to win the auction, I didn't look into how
nearly
useless this early picstart is. I,ve done the usual google searches
and
discovered that an Australian company (Newfound Electronics) offered a
replacement firmware. Well, I,ve downloaded that hex file, now I need
to
get hold of a blank 17c42 and then get it programmed. As Newfound no
longer
support this product (ala Microchip), I not sure exactly what the
new firmware will give me.
Anyone out there who has used the replacement 'phoenix' firmware?
What exactly does it offer me?
I,m hoping at least, that it will fool MPLAB into thinking it has a
picstart plus on the end of a serial port. Of course I realise that it
may not give the full list of PIC chips that the plus can program.
Thanks,
Texy
