Hi,
I started with PICs( made by Microchip) only recently. I bought PICkit3 and=
 ICD 3 to be able=20
to program PICs and make in-circuit debugging. But in-circuit debugging doe=
s not work for=20
me as it should and Microchip was not still able to help.
I even open a ticket but they were not able/willing to answer  it - the tic=
ket remains "pending"=20
and I doubt it will be ever answered .
Shortly ,It does not seem to me that Microchip care about customers , parti=
cularly the new=20
customers as it should.

 So I am thinking about moving to ATMEL.=20

Or  is here anyone  who switched to PIC from Atmel? :-)


My story is here with few details:

I bought adaptor with PIC16F648A-ICD to use it for the debugging code of PI=
C16F628A.=20
Unfortunatelly, I can NOT still use PIC16F648A - ICD for the debugging .
When I try to debug the code, using PIC16F648A-ICD and ICD3 or PICkit3 I re=
ceive

ICD3Err0040: The target device is not ready for debugging.
Please check your configuration bit settings and program the device before =
proceeding.
Stepping target failed.

My Config is __CONFIG _CP_OFF & _LVP_OFF & _BOREN_OFF & _MCLRE_ON &=20
_WDT_OFF &_PWRTE_OFF & _INTOSC_OSC_NOCLKOUT

I bought ICD3 and PIC16F648A-ICD from http://www.farnell.com/. An engineer =
from the=20
Farnell confirmed the problem with ICD3 reporting:

"
Hi I have been trying to get a similar version of a Microchip header workin=
g. But not had any=20
success with the ICD3 yet. All my attempts have failed. This may be an issu=
e that Microchip=20
need to know about.=20
"

I think can spend my time on learning AVR instead=20

Your comment is welcome.
Thanks
L
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