How is the explorer 16 board? Any major quirks after
the change. Should I read up dspic more to know what
they are talking about in the seminar? 

John

--- Xiaofan Chen <xiaofanc@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6/9/06, Herbert Graf <mailinglist2@farcite.net>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > Very good. ICD2 has too many problems for people
> to depend heavily on it.
> >
> > Really?
> >
> > I've depended pretty heavily on it and have rarely
> been disappointed.
> >
> > There are a few "quirks" involved when using an
> ICD2, and there are
> > limitations, but as long as you keep them in mind
> I find it to be a
> > wonderful tool.
> >
> 
> I think ICD2 is really value for money. Still I
> think it won't be as good as
> a real ICE. As a programmer it also leaves out some
> features. For example:
> 1) to go to Hi-Z mode after programming so that
> program can start to run
> 2) to control the sequence of target Vdd and Vpp
> Maybe this is hardware/firmware related limitations.
> 
> I just tried it with Explorer 16 board dsPIC33 demo
> program and stepping
> through the small program proves to be not as fast
> as I want.
> 
> Regards,
> Xiaofan
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