On 3/10/06, Crist=F3v=E3o Dalla Costa wrote: > Looking at the rather detailed ebay pictures I get the impression that it > uses one of those USB-RS232 bridges and therefore it should be as slow as > the RS232 ICS2s > > I've seen an ICD2 clone which used a 40 pin PIC18 to communicate via USB = and > pass the information to a PIC16 which is the proper ICD2 PIC. I guess that > short of a PIC18 (which this circuit does not have) or a Cypress chip (wh= ich > aren't through hole) you're stuck with a FTDI bridge which is no better t= han > a RS232 connection to the computer since the ICD2 PIC still thinks it's > talking to a serial port and is limited to the 57600 bps datarate. On 486 maybe ? 230400 bps is the maximum speed on most P2 computers, and now P2 is history. The limitation could be from ICD software ? cheers, Vasile -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist