PIC 18F452 programmer PICSTART

[french_student]

hello,

does anybody know where i can find the picstart programmer version 02.30.01 in order to program a PIC 18F452?

Thanks.

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

hello,

does anybody know where i can find the picstart programmer version 02.30.01 in order to program a PIC 18F452?

Thanks.

You can usually download the latest firmware from MicroChip, I can only see the PicStart Plus there on a quick look - is your's the old one, or actually a Plus?.

 

[motion]

If you have an old Picstart Plus using a PIC17C44 chip, you need at least firmware version 3.00 to program a PIC18F452. That is according to the READ.PLS file that comes with MPLAB v5.7. The required hex file for firmware ver 3.00 is also bundled with MPLAB v5.7.

Here is a portion of the PICSTART help file (also with MPLAB v5.7) on the required items to upgrade your PICSTART:

Required Equipment

Operating PICSTART Plus programmer with MPLAB IDE software
Blank/Erased PIC17C44 microcontroller (25 MHz or faster)
Upgrade hex file (psf#####.hex, where ##### is the version number), found in the MPLAB IDE install directory
Phillips head screwdriver

The firmware version 3.11 (last for PIC17C44) is available for download from the PICStart page:

**broken link removed**

Newer Picstarts use a PIC18F6720 device to allow them to be upgraded directly from MPLAB IDE. An upgrade kit is available for older Picstart Plus.