I believe most people use something akin to a boot loader to program external memory from the processor. But I believe the pickit can program most common Flashs/EEPROMs though MPLAB (further research needed) ... On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Steve Maroney wro= te: > When I add a serial flash chip from microchip to a circuit, how do I prog= ram data into it ? > I see that they use SPI but how do I program the chip after its soldered = ? > > I use PICKIT2 to program PIC MCUs now. Do I still use a PICkit ? > > > Regards, > > Steve > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 Jason White --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .