Just added the correct tag. Else just a few people will see your message. My PICkit 2 lost his firmware while powering up the PC while it was connected to the USB. I reloaded the firmware with a Tait programmer. Since then I connect it to the PC AFTER the PC turned on. Everything goes ok since then. Vasile On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:08 AM, John J. McDonough wrote: > I have an odd one. > > For quite a while I have had a PICkit 3 and an ICD 3. Generally I have > used them almost interchangeably, until recently when I started doing > some PIC32 stuff and the speed difference became more obvious. So the > PICkit sat on my desk until I finally put it back in it's packaging and > set it on the shelf. > > I had an ICD 2 which I traded for an ICD 3, and when the new debugger > arrived I tried it out, worked fine, didn't change back to the old ICD > 3, so put the old one back in the packaging and on the shelf. > (Sometimes I do some stuff that needs multiple debuggers, and I plan on > a build session for the radio club in a couple months where I could use > a bunch). > > OK, so a friend needed a programmer, I lent him the PICkit, and he > couldn't make it work. > > I had him bring it back here, along with his board, in case there was > some wiring or configuration issue. I couldn't program his board, or > any other for that matter, with the PICkit, programmed fine with the > ICD. So, I got the old ICD back out, and it wouldn't program anything > either! > > Recently almost everything I have been doing has been powered by the > programmer, and I never do anything with significant voltages. What > could cause multiple programmers to bite the dust in such short order? > Any ideas? > > --McD > > > -- > 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 .