According to the programmer software, when it verified the burn, it was OK. Randy Abernathy CNC and Industrial Machinery = service, repair, installation and = design 4626 Old Stilesboro Rd NW Acworth, GA 30101 Fax: 770-974-5295 Phone: 678-982-0235 E-mail: = randyabernathy@bellsouth.net --- On Thu, 6/10/10, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrot= e: From: Jan-Erik Soderholm Subject: Re: [PIC]Copy from unprotected PIC then programming another PIC To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010, 6:27 PM On 2010-06-11 00:11, RANDY ABERNATHY wrote: > I copied the HEX code directly from the PIC16C72A. To what ? Did you get a .HEX file ? > Then I tried just > burning it into another PIC16F72A and when I put the chip back into the > circuit, nothing worked.=A0 I also tried burning it into a PIC16F72 and > that didn't work either. Your software should probably have said exactly how much it burned into the PIC's. What those figures reasonable and what you expected ? That is, compared to how much it read from the original PIC ? > > I am using a Microengineering Labs USB programmer and I also have their > EPIC parallel programmer.=A0 This is what I used to copy the code to > memory and also to burn the code into the new PIC.=A0 I have tried both > with the same results. > > I hope this helps shed some additional light on the matter. > > Thanks again, > > Randy Abernathy CNC and Industrial Machinery service, repair, > installation and design > > 4626 Old Stilesboro Rd NW Acworth, GA 30101 Fax: 770-974-5295 Phone: > 678-982-0235 E-mail: randyabernathy@bellsouth.net > > --- On Thu, 6/10/10, Jan-Erik Soderholm > wrote: > > > From: Jan-Erik Soderholm Subject: Re: > [PIC]Copy from unprotected PIC then programming another PIC To: > "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Date: > Thursday, June 10, 2010, 5:57 PM > > > > > On 2010-06-10 23:40, RANDY ABERNATHY wrote: >> Hello: >> >> I am fairly new to the PIC family and have some PICs with code in >> them, the code isn't protected, at least not according to my Melabs >> programmer and the person from whom I received the PIC.=A0 I want to >> copy the code and then burn it into another PIC, possibly a different >> PIC.=A0 This is a newbie question for sure. >> >> The one with the exisiting code is a PIC16C72A and I would like to be >> able to burn another PIC16C72A > > That would probably be OK. > >> and also a Flash version of a PIC. > > Not "a PIC" as in "any PIC" You probably want to use the PIC16F72. > >> I have tried just copying and saving the code... > > "Saving" how ? Using what tool ? And what did you get efter the "save" > ? > >> then burning it into another PIC of the same type but nothing works. > > Burning *how* ? And what doesn't "work" ?? > >> I know that an "include" file needs to be sent... > > Howe do you know that ? And what "include file" ? What you need is the > HEX file saved from the old PIC containing the code. Nothing else. > >> with the functional code and am wondering if that is my problem, even >> trying to burn the code into a PIC of the same type as the one from >> which the code was copied. >> >> Your help will be greatly appreciated >> >> Randy Abernathy CNC and Industrial Machinery service, repair, >> installation and design >> >> 4626 Old Stilesboro Rd NW Acworth, GA 30101 Fax: 770-974-5295 Phone: >> 678-982-0235 E-mail: randyabernathy@bellsouth.net -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist