Thanks,

I will let him know and will report here how it went. We should have
16F73 DIP laying around.

Tal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Ben Jackson
> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 1:34 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [pic]: pic16f877 vs intel 80c196kb ????
>
>
> On Sat, May 17, 2003 at 01:11:16PM -0700, Tal wrote:
> >
> > A college of mine just found it the hard way. He switched
> to 16F877A
> > and found that his Warp13 programmer is not usable anymore. He was
> > able to program it though (ICSP) with a PicStart.
>
> The WARP-13 will program the 16F877A with the latest
> firmware.  You can use it to flash a new 16F73 for itself
> (see the web page for the complete list of suitable parts).
> I think at least one reseller was throwing in a spare 16F73
> for exactly that purpose.  Of course if you also have a
> PICStart then you could just upgrade the existing chip.
>
> You can get the firmware at:
>
        http://www.newfoundelectronics.com/firmware.htm

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