Rob Robson wrote:
> In order to get my 3-year-old Picstart Plus to program an 18F452,
> I've obtained a new 17C44 (instead of the more expensive PUM) and
> programmed it with the last (v3.11) firmware upgrade, which I
> downloaded from Microchip.  I confirmed the 17C44 was blank
> beforehand, and verified its contents after programming.  After
> installing the new 17C44 as per Microchip's instructions, the
> Picstart reports the new version when Enable Programmer is clicked in
> MPLAB (v5.50), but MPLAB still reports the old Picstart firmware
> version in Help...About.  MPLAB also still gives me the "Unsupported
> Device" error when I try to enable the programmer with an 18F452
> project open.  How do I "tell" MPLAB 5.50 (which has always listed
> the 18F452 as a supported device) that the Picstart is running new
> firmware?  I can't find this info on Microchip's site.

I think the real solution is not to be using archaic tools in the first
place.


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