>Robert Rolf wrote: > > The latest Digikey catalog lists the 16LF87xA parts as being 'new' and > also notes that they are "Only supported by Promate II, not Picstart and > ICD". What's up with that? Isn't ICSP the same for all parts? > > I've been programming non-A 16LFxxx parts without problems, so do I now > have to be careful to NOT order -A parts if non A parts are not > in stock? Or is Digikey mistaken? The A version is supported by the MPLAB 5.7.40 interim release at: http://www.microchip.com/1010/pline/tools/picmicro/devenv/mplabi/mplab5x/index.htm You'll need to upgrade your PicStart. Regards, Bob -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads