thanks,

but, where can I take a look to this startup IDC package ?   and is it
possible that I build it myself. I mean, sometimes they include in
the boards some small pic controller so that the PC talks with it and the
firmware in the PIC is protected :(  thus,  you can not build it yourself.
i do think that
the ICD is only a serial MAX232 connected to the RB6-7   but I am not sure
if this is so simple ...

david

----- Original Message -----
From: K|bek Tony <tony.kubek@FLINTAB.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [PIC]: Hardware for using MPLAB-ICD


Hi,

David Gomez wrote:
<snip>
>as far as i concern MPLAB supports this functionalities with teh
MPLAB-ICD.   The
>problem is that I have not found any
>document talking about what to do.  What kind of hardware design should
I use in order
>to debug my PIC, and exactly how is it
>gonna work ?  Do I need any extra MCU for controlling the debuging or
the  only hardeard
>is a  RS-232 controller connected to RB6-7 and the MPLAB-ICD makes
>everything.
>
>Can you tell me what to do or refer me to any extra docu ????

Well I must say that the ICD really is a wonderful thing, me to 'comming
from'
16F84 and moving upto the 16F87x series. It's worth the small cost many
times over.
Just starting to use an brand new ICE2000 and and still amazed how much
the ICD was
capable of compared to the ICE2000, yes the ICE2000 if much more
powerful, but still
the ICD only cost about an 10th of it.

But to get back to your questions,
Basically you need the ICD and thats it :), well almost,
myself I built an small board with , of a socket for an 16F874 ( the
only one i've used )
,test pins for each pic pin, an socket for an crystal( or oscillator) of
choice, an connector
for the ICD ( RJ45 ? ), some led's for power etc., this small board has
pins in parallel
going down to be inserted in test/dev/bread-borad of choice.
Apart from that you basically only need the icd, also which if i recall
correctly
the icd actually comes with an proto-board included with an 16F87x
processor.

So basically you dont need anything more than the icd package to get
started.


/Tony



Tony K|bek, Flintab AB
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