I have my own testing board which is made of matrix board. It consist of a
42-pins ZIF solder on it. Then I wiring all necessary components, for
example a 4MHz resonance osc, a pull up resistor connecting to MCLR, some
connectors join to all I/O, some melf resistors + LEDs to all I/O. Recently
I just adds a MAX232 and a 9-pin serial port connector to the board.

The component side of the board look nice but I really don't know how to
describe the soldering side. It look like a web with a lot of jumper +
solder beneath it.

Well when I was received my ICD2 just after the new year holiday, I really
felt worry with my testing board. But it work pretty well.

The only problem that I have is I was unable to use the USB with my ICD.
(Still looking for an answer to this problem)

Regards,

WH Tan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hord" <gaidinmd@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 10:41 PM
Subject: [PIC:] ICD2 + Breadboard = ???


> Has anyone ever managed to program a PIC on a breadboard
> with an ICD2?  All I want to do is program, and I'm having a
> world of trouble.  Sometimes I can get it to do the config
> bits, but usually nothing at all (chokes on verify).  It'll erase,
> but won't blank check, read, or anything else, but it does
> correctly identify the PIC in place.
>
> The signals all look good; I have all of the power and ground
> pins connected in all places.  The PGC line looks like a clock,
> PGD looks like data and I'm not doing LVP.
>
> I'm running the circuit at 3.15 volts, and that voltage is quite
> stable.  The PIC is an 18LF2320, but I'm only trying to go
> 4 MHz and programming should work even without an active
> oscillator.
>
> I've tried a small resistance in series with the PGC and PGD
> lines, but that doesn't help.  I am using a short (~6 cm)
> jumper with the 6-pin RJ-11 on one end and a SIL
> connector on the other.
>
> My next step is going to be connecting the ground from the
> RS-232 jack to my circuit, to try to reduce the ground trace
> impedance.  Anyone have any other ideas?
>
> Mike H.
>
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