Hobby Electronics Basics Does the PICKit 2 support ICSP ?

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Does the PICKit 2 support ICSP ? ian field 11-30-07
Posted by ian field on November 30, 2007, 4:11 pm
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Please can anyone tell me whether it is possible to use a PICKit 2 to
connect to the target board via ICSP, and what hardware I need to order to
do so?

TIA.



Posted by Jon Slaughter on November 30, 2007, 4:45 pm
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> Please can anyone tell me whether it is possible to use a PICKit 2 to
> connect to the target board via ICSP, and what hardware I need to order to
> do so?
>
> TIA.

Of course, that is what the pic kit is all about about. From my experience
with it, it is pretty simple to use. The software could be better as it
doesn't give you many details and the hardware is somewhat overpriced(look
at the schematics of it) and cheaply made but it does seem to do the job
very easily.

Unfortunately it doesn't do ICD yet because MPLab doesn't support it.
Supposedly it will in the future.

If you plan on programing a lot of pics its probably worth it though(pretty
much being the cheapest commercial programmer). But if your just trying to
program a few chips here and there then you can do it yourself with freely
available software and very simple and cheap hardware circuits. (although
none support the newer pic24's AFAIK)



Posted by ian field on November 30, 2007, 5:39 pm
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>
>> Please can anyone tell me whether it is possible to use a PICKit 2 to
>> connect to the target board via ICSP, and what hardware I need to order
>> to do so?
>>
>> TIA.
>
> Of course, that is what the pic kit is all about about. From my experience
> with it, it is pretty simple to use. The software could be better as it
> doesn't give you many details and the hardware is somewhat overpriced(look
> at the schematics of it) and cheaply made but it does seem to do the job
> very easily.
>
> Unfortunately it doesn't do ICD yet because MPLab doesn't support it.
> Supposedly it will in the future.
>
> If you plan on programing a lot of pics its probably worth it
> though(pretty much being the cheapest commercial programmer). But if your
> just trying to program a few chips here and there then you can do it
> yourself with freely available software and very simple and cheap hardware
> circuits. (although none support the newer pic24's AFAIK)

So far I've spent the whole week trying to get a straight answer out of
Microchip sales, so I thought if I find out what the minimum list of parts I
need to order to use a ICSP lead directly to the target board without the
cost of the myriad of header boards for all the different PICs.

Its hard to tell from the sales literature and data sheets but it looks like
a USB lead, a plastic box which is the PICKit 2 and a circuit board with a
row of pins that slot into the PICKit 2, some drawings also show a small pod
that may possibly be used with an ICSP lead, I don't want the SMD PCB which
looks like its intended to be used once then replaced - all I want is to
connect a PICKit 2 to the final project target board with an ICSP lead.



Posted by Jon Slaughter on December 1, 2007, 3:07 pm
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http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1406&dDocName=en023805
>

BTW, if you scroll down there is all the files you need. You can see the
schematics and stuff too.



Posted by ian field on December 1, 2007, 3:46 pm
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>>
http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1406&dDocName=en023805
>>
>
> BTW, if you scroll down there is all the files you need. You can see the
> schematics and stuff too.

Thanks - I found those, the pinout diagrams make everything clear. What
isn't clear is why Microchip couldn't just tell me that all I need for what
I want to do, is the standalone PICKit 2 !



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