On 3/6/07, Wouter van Ooijen wrote: > > pickit2 already has the 'programming ' button and the on-board flash > memory. So when Microchip finally decides to use these components the > parket for this proposed programmer goes 'poof'.... > > Wouter van Ooijen > I have studied this, and I see no obvious way to power the standalone PICkit. D4 prevents the PICkit from being powered by the target circuit. It appears to be included for exactly this purpose. But there must be SOME reason the PICkit 2 included a megabyte of EEPROM. Also, I notice this is not included in the new PICkit Serial protocol analyzer. Regards, Mark markrages@gmail -- You think that it is a secret, but it never has been one. - fortune cookie -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist