This also makes me think that IIRC the PICkit 2 programming tool has =20 the ability to hardcode EEPROM data before programming. Check the =20 programming tool for your programmer to see if it has that option. Cheers, -Neil. Quoting "David Duffy (AVD)" : > I guess I'm not locked into anything, but am steadily learning XC8 (as > well as GCC in Atmel Studio) so would prefer not to change now if I > don't have to. > David... > > On 15/10/2013 9:41 AM, Allen Mulvey wrote: >> Are you locked into XC8? MikroC has an EEPROM editor. I use >> it all the time to stuff startup values, passwords, etc. >> into the EEPROMs. You can randomly edit any value in hex or >> ascii. > > -- > ___________________________________________ > David Duffy Audio Visual Devices P/L > Unit 8, 10 Hook St, Capalaba 4157 Australia > Ph: +61 7 38235717 Fax: +61 7 38234717 > Our Web Site: www.audiovisualdevices.com.au > ___________________________________________ > > -- > 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 .