At 09:23 AM 6/30/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Jeremy Darling wrote:
>
> > I didn't ask my question very well.  I was wondering if a programmer
> > for the 628 would work on the 676 or if I was going to have to buy or
> > build a different programmer.
>
>FYI:  It would be helpful if you'd turn on line wrap so your text wraps at
>something less than 80 characters.  Thanks.
>
>As for programmers, a programmer that dies 12F6xx should do most other
>PICs as well, other than really old ones.  If the software supports them
>you should be good to go.
>
>Dale

It should read and then write back some of the factory-programmed EEPROM
data, otherwise you'll lose calibration of the Bandgap and internal clock,
even if the rest of the chip programs properly. The last time I used a
Picstart+ it didn't seem to do this properly.

Best regards,

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