Friends, I just received this from MICROCHIP. It is the new firmware upgrade for the PICStart Plus. It is the firmware that supports the 16HV540 and the 16F8XX chips. Thought I'd forward just in case anybody is interested!!! Best regards, Steven Steven Kosmerchock Engineering Technician/Student CELWAVE Phoenix Arizona USA Email: steve.kosmerchock@celwave.com www.geocities.com/researchtriangle/lab/6584 Sender: Programmers-owner@mail.microchip.com From: cn@Microchip.COM To: programmers@mail.microchip.com Reply-To: cn@Microchip.COM Subject: [Programmers] MPLAB v4.00.14 Interim Release - Programmers Message-Id: <37139EF2.EBEFA8E7amicrochip.com@MHS> Importance: normal Autoforwarded: false MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MPLAB v4.00.14 is posted on the Microchip web page http://www.microchip.com/10/Tools/PICmicro/DevEnv/MPLABi/Software/v40/V414/index .htm This interim release contains updates for most MPLAB tools. Here is an overview of the changes in the device programmers for this version. PICSTART Plus v1.50.15 - firmware v2.00 16C54C 16C55A 16C57C 16HV540 16C773 16C774 16F874 16F876 16F877 See README.PLS for full details of changes and list of part supported. PRO MATE v4.30.13 - firmware 4.24.02 New Devices Supported: 16C54C 16C55A ****************************** This list is managed by Microchip Technology Inc. (602) 786-7200 www.microchip.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to: listserv@mail.microchip.com with the following as the body: unsubscribe programmers yourname Here is an example: unsubscribe programmers John Doe