Mike Mansheim wrote:
>
>I've seen brief "near references" to this topic lately, but haven't seen my
>question directly addressed.
>We have in production a design that takes advantage of ICSP by programming
>the pic (C73B) at the final assembly of the product (using a Promate II).
>Several models use the same circuit board, but different software versions.
>If code protection is used, what is the best way for our assembly line to
>verify the software version that a given board was programmed with?  We
>would like the ability to check AFTER programming in addition to the usual
>check at the time of programming.
>It would seem to me that if you cannot read a code protected part, then you
>can't do a checksum on it either.  Anyone have the scoop on this?
>Thanks.
>

Related to this, is it not possible to program a PIC without
setting the code protection, then verify the chip, and then
set the code protection afterwards? Or will the CP bits not
comply here?