YippeeeeEEE!!! The PICkit 3 arrived late yesterday
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Originally Posted by MPaulHolmes
The PICKIT3 has a triangle pointing at pin 1 (mclear):
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Yup - found that.
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There is also a dot on the board to show pin 1:
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Yup - found that too.
Connect it up, start up the MPLAB X software, load up the hex file.
No joy .. error message about no connection
turn all of it off and disconnect. Plug it all back in and wiggle the controller-to-ICSP connection as well as the ICSP to PICkit 3 connection back and forth a bit in case we've had some corrosion sneak in.
Power up - it works!
Program the dsPIC - and it comes back with OK.
Connect up the serial port at 115K,n,8,1 and press enter a few times. No response.
Oh - I still don't know whether TX on the board is FROM the chip or TX from the laptop TO the chip. Try the cable that I made with the TX and RX reversed. Still no joy.
Laptop is running XP SP3. Built-in serial on the docking station (I think I will re-christen it Leviathon! It has a network connection but using any modern anti-virus software would leave no CPU time for doing anything else!)
I was using the built-in serial on the docking station, but I have an older (10 years?) USB-to-serial converter as well as a new-this-year usb-to-serial converter to try out.
But my mind was fuzzy, so I went to bed. Will continue this evening.
What does the controller put out to say "I'm alive"? Will a few Carriage returns get me a prompt?