Wynn Rostek 21:48 2004-06-21:
>I have a Picstart Plus I bought in 1996. Does anyone know if it can still be updated with new firmware, or have they changed the Picstart Plus in the last few years?

I bought mine in -97, the serial no ends with -R4 so i guess it is a revision 4

I have updated the firmware some years ago according to some MC document: added a resistor to correct VPP (IIRC), and a small cap on a pin at the programming socket.  I also added a hand grounding pad, seem MC do not know about ESD...

Went back to MPLAB 5.20 now because an newer version i have do not handle PIC14000.

...And because 5.20 do not handle recent firmware i have firmware 2.01 plugged in Picstart.  And today i learned it only works reliable on one of my COMports.  Bah.  (i can have other devices on both COMs)

And now I learn even the latest nonflash firmware do not support the PIC i choose for the next project either...

I think we should build/buy another programmer instead of buying that flash upgrade.

/Morgan

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