Olin Lathrop wrote:
>
> Alvaro Deibe Diaz wrote:
> > I am using MPLAB 5.70.40 and ICD1 in my current projects. Now I plan to
> > update to MPLAB 6.30, but it seems not to work with ICD1. It seems to
> > work with ICD2, both using RS232 or USB.
> >
> > What is the problem with the old ICD version?
>
> It's obsolete.

Only to MChip. It works fine for me and many hundreds of other users.

> > Is this an initial problem that will be solved in the near future? Or is
> > Microchip going to abandon the ICD1 series?
>
> I thought they already had.

Yes, don't you just love 'designed obsolescence' for a product that has
a "fully UPGRADABLE controller".
'Use our flash processors because you can easily upgrade them' but of
course MChip couldn't be bothered to fully support their ICD1.

The only ICD1 upgrade they've provided is to support programming the -A versions
of the existing chips list. The upgrade does work with the older MPLAB (5.3x) since the
firmware determines that you have an 'A' chip and modifies the ICSP algorithm
appropriately. E.G. you set V5x MPLAB to 16F876 and the ICD1 programs it as a
16F876A. Kudos to the engineer who wrote the patch. Jeers to the marketing
department for failing to support the ICD1 in MPLAB 6.x.

Robert

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