Snail Instruments wrote:
>
> >Use MPLAB-ICD - works real easy via MPLAB 5.0. Little slow though - takes
> >approx. 4 minutes per burn.
>
> But if you select 'Erase all' option and enter an address range, then the
> rest is skipped, which leads to much shorter times, depending on how much
> memory the program takes.
>
> Josef
>
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Has anyone tried this? It was originally posted by Octavio on June 22. I did
try it, and it DOES go faster (about 2X), but I consistantly get an error on
the first byte programmed. The rest of the chip programs fine... I'm kind of
surprised that I haven't seen any discussion on this upgrade.

----- Begin Original Message From Octavio -----
-As any MPLAB ICD user, I also think the ICD
-programming time is to high.
-If your code is over 4K, it takes 'hours' to
-download it.
-I developed two new firmware for it, the Fast
-and the Turbo mode.
-If you want to try, you must have Ver 2.04
-or higher. Make a backup of your MPL876p.OBJ in
-MPLAB directory, download one of this files below,
-unzip it and copy to your MPLAB directory.
-Then run MPLAB,open ICD and upgrade your firmware.
-If you have any problem, just restore your old
-MPL876p.OBJ file and upload it to ICD module.
-http://www.propic2.com/files/fast.zip
-http://www.propic2.com/files/turbo.zip
-I'd like to hear feedback.
-This is a third part firmware and is not
-associated with Microchip.
-
-Friendly Regards
-
-Octavio Nogueira

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