pic programmer

[trennonix]

hello, i got a DIY K128 pic programmer which was working beautifully a day ago,
but now it doesn't recognise the chip
i don't think it's from the actual chip

any ideas? appreaciate it.

 

[Sceadwian]

Yeah, figure out what you changed to make it not work =) and don't say nothing because obviously something changed. Verify all your connections your power and software settings.

 

[trennonix]

i didn't do anything that i can remember, but even if i did, there's no reason for MicroPro to stop recognizing my chip.

i'm starting to think it's hardware problem, but then again it was working fine and i used it under normal circumstances

 

[Tightwad]

did you program the chip? I just went through this and it was because I had programmed the chip and disabled some items that made my programmer unable to recognize the chip.

I see the K128 is a USB programmer, so not sure how that might affect it as well....are you using the 16F628 chip?

 

[trennonix]

yes i did , it's a pic16F84A , what kind of items did you uncheck?

and if i did uncheck smthing, it should at least recognise it (even if i have enabled code protection for eg it should recognise the chip)

 

[Tightwad]

Here is what I was told:

PIC's are incredibly sturdy devices, it's VERY rare to either get a duff one, or damage one.

Far more likely is that you've set the internal oscillator (as all my 16F628 tutorials do), and your programmer is unable to cope with that - as some poor programmers can't do so.

My solution was to hold pin 4(on my 16F648A) from receiving power until right before I try to erase the chip. Once erased it works just fine as normal until I program it again.

It is this line that seems to cause the chip to not be recognized.:

	__config 0x3D18			;sets the configuration settings (oscillator type etc.)

 

[trennonix]

ok, then i'll find to what pin4 on 16F648A corresponds on my 16f84a and try what you did, wish me luck!

i'll tell you the results

 

[trennonix]

still nothing

so i isolate pin4, then i click erase on MicroPro, it asks for my confirmation to earse, and then it tells me that it doesn't recognise my chip,
i connect the pin and tell it to erase? or is there somehting missing?

 

[trennonix]

plus i don't think the osc is my problem because i pogrammed my chip in basic (Proton IDE)

 

[Tightwad]

I don't think you have the same problem I did. I connected a switch to pin 4, so i could activate it right before I erased the chip. This stopped the program from trying to run while I was programming it. Once erased I had no issues.


I don't know much about programming and PICS and such....still a newbie....but this is what I figured out last night.

 

[trennonix]

thanks anyways, i just can't understand how overnight it simply stopped working

 

[Tightwad]

Not sure with your programmer, but mine needs to initialize before I connect the chip.

Good luck!