Bought pickit2, 5 16f628a and 2 18f2525...they will be there the 8.
(from Newark)
Cant wait to get them!
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Bought pickit2, 5 16f628a and 2 18f2525...they will be there the 8.
(from Newark)
Cant wait to get them!
Congratulations and a good choice. What made you decide to buy rather than build? I think for the time being you will find the 18F2525 to be massive overkill, but being 18Fs you will be able to use Swordfish Basic, which many on the forum praise.Originally Posted by breadboardguy
Money my friend! My grandfather got a thing in his blood vessel that blocked the blood flow to get to his brain(i dont know how its named). Luckily, her wife reacted very fast and got him to the hospital. At the very first he was not able to talk but now we can understand what he says. He was so afraid of death that he ended up some famillial troubles and send me $$$ .What made you decide to buy rather than build?
I always wanted pickit2, but was not having enough money... sorry i did'nt knew that that was going to happen, i would not had wasted your time.
I choosed it because it was overkill. i took the one with the biggest memory(in the thousands).I dont think i will use it so soon. I cant wait the package to come!I will finally make my rc car(after a lot of work).I think for the time being you will find the 18F2525 to be massive overkill
(i recognise that i ask too much questions, my father says so too)
Both are excellent choices for your RC car. I use the 18F2525 in my robot kit.
I don't think it was a waste of time. Hopefully you learned something that will be of use in the future.I always wanted pickit2, but was not having enough money... sorry i did'nt knew that that was going to happen, i would not had wasted your time.
I would have ordered an 18F2550 so that I could program it with PICkit2 firmware. That way in the future you can build a clone to have as a backup. The total cost is for such a clone is only about $10 as I've explained before. There are cases where the PICkit2 firmware can get corrupted and the unit must be reprogrammed using another programmer. I feel more secure having backup programmers.
WOAW!
It already is here! Only 40 hours omg!
So happy!
(They overexagerate for packaging, not very eco-friendly)
Its like christmas!
Last edited by breadboardguy; 3rd June 2009 at 09:10 PM.
Good luck with your Pick'n You'll like the pickit2 good programmer. And some good chips
to work with. You did make sure you got P-dips I hope the first pic i got was pic32 after
my pickit2 it's so small you can't see the pins to count them. Learning to code a pic is a
good thing to do I love it keeps me from going crazy.
What's the cost of shipping for UK to Canada. You can get some good deals from there but shipping is to much to the US
Last edited by be80be; 3rd June 2009 at 08:37 PM.
Burt
12$ to get it from us.What's the cost of shipping for UK to Canada. You can get some good deals from there but shipping is to much to the US
If you buy any more pic buy them from here if you buy $25.00 at a time it's cheap https://www.alliedelec.com/Search/Pr...18F2525-I%2fSP only $4.50 and $1.73 for 16f628a and for 18f2550 its $4.75
I buy $25.00 at a time and have them shipped by mail for about $31.00
Burt
Pic programming is so much fun!
I think that pickit2 is a better choice if you have budget, because they are the creators of these, so they know better then anybody and upgrade the software.
Do i have to config the wdt and etc... at each program or the macro can do it?
Last edited by breadboardguy; 4th June 2009 at 08:27 PM.
You should have it configured in the header of every program.
PIC programmer software, and PIC Tutorials at:
http://www.winpicprog.co.uk
I found the template, and as expected, was not where it was supposed to be( for mplab).
I loose most of my time to search files...
Last edited by breadboardguy; 5th June 2009 at 12:07 AM.
Read the mplab getting started secsoftwaredownload You want the user guide
Last edited by be80be; 5th June 2009 at 01:53 AM.
Burt
Made my first led chaser!
Already did.Read the mplab getting started secsoftwaredownload You want the user guide
LOL! I made a led chaser program, but not the one i wanted, and it works!
Last edited by breadboardguy; 6th June 2009 at 03:38 PM.
I just cant believe it...
My pickit2 got short circuited...is there a way to repair it?Please help me, i am really sad...
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