MPASM can generate the information for the EEPROM data memory like so:

        ORG     0x2100
        DE      "Here's my data", 0
        DE      1, 2, 3

     However, PICSTART does not support programming of the data memory.
     You can either use PRO MATE or wait until after May 15 for the new
     PICSTART Plus, which works under MPLAB and will support programming of
     the EEPROM data memory.

     Kim Cooper
     Microchip Technology


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Subject: Programming the PIC16C84 data memory with the PICSTART 16B1
Author:  Russell Politzky <politzky@ICON.CO.ZA> at Internet_Exchange
Date:    4/25/96 7:41 PM


I have sent this question to Microchip some weeks ago, but they choose not to
respond.  Likewise, the local Microchip rep also chose to ignore me,  so I hope
someone on this list can help.

I am using MPASM with a 16B1 PICSTART kit to program a 16C84.  I want to program
 the
E^2 data memory using the 16B1.  I know that it can be done by first running a
 small program
which dumps the data into the E^2 data memory and then erasing the program
 memory and
programming it with the final code.  I don't want to use this method since I can
 not see
why the 16B1 kit should not be able to program the E^2 data directly.  Looking
 at the
programming spec for the 84 leads me to belive that there is nothing difficult
about programming the data space in the 84.  Is it possible to program the E^2
data directly using the 16B1?

After looking through the MPASM.HLP file which comes with MPLAB, I found a
 command,
"DE" which is used to define EEQ^2 data from within MPSAM.  I don't have an 84
 to try
this on right now.  Has anyone tried to use this command?  Does the 16B1
 software
recognise the embedded E^2 data? Does it program the E^2 data in thew 84
 accordingly?

Thanks in advance
Russell Politzky

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