If it's a fake PIC, it might not work with any of the Microchip program/deb= ug tools anyway. Bob ________________________________________ From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu on behalf of Willia= m Couture Sent: Monday, September 2, 2019 12:29 PM To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [EE] Chinese processor -- is this a PIC clone? I'm not working with PICs at my job anymore, so I don't have a PICkit2 or something similar available. On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 3:34 AM Clint Jay wrote: > It's an odd coincidence and I don't usually believe in coincidences. > > I'd hook it up to a PICKit2 or something and see if it identifies it. > > On Sun, 1 Sep 2019, 18:32 William Couture, wrote: > > > Hi Everyone! > > > > Looking at a piece of Chinese electronics (PID controller, a > "Rex-C100"), I > > found a Chinese processor > > that seems to be a PIC 16F88 clone (from the number), but can't find > > anything else about it. > > It's identified as HY16F88VB. > > > > LCSC.COM doesn't know anything about it. > > > > Searching Google for HY16F88 turns up a datasheet for a Hycon HY16F188 > for > > a digital scale, which > > mentions the HY16F88, but I suspect that it is a typo. (The Hycon 16F1= 88 > > is supposed to be a > > "Andes 32 Bit CPU Kernel N801 Processor" with a VCC of 2.4V and 3.6V, b= ut > > the chip I'm looking > > at is running at 5V). > > > > This is a curiosity question -- is this really a PIC clone, and what is > the > > ballpark price of the chip? > > (Since the entire controller was $8, I'm assuming very cheap). > > > > Thanks! > > Bill > > > > -- > > Psst... Hey, you... Buddy... Want a kitten? > straycatblues.petfinder.org --=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 .