I stand corrected. Regards, Jim > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [PIC] Programming several PIC chips in parallel? > From: Peter > Date: Tue, June 04, 2013 3:44 pm > To: piclist@mit.edu >=20 >=20 > jpes.com> writes: > > Theoretically possible, but I doubt it would work in practice. There >=20 > It works fine. One does not check responses during programming at all, ga= ng > programming all together, then one verifies each individually. Verificati= on > is MUCH faster than programming, can be 200-1000 times faster for 10msec > programming pulses, with 1usec/bit readout speeds, therefore this is a ma= jor > speedup. Most gang programmers use this technique, for pics, mcus, EEPROM= s > and all that. This is a well known art [r][tm], (patent trolls and other > dimwits beware - just in case). >=20 > -- Peter >=20 >=20 > --=20 > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .