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How slow is PICStart Plus Speed ?

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PICStart Plus Speed

Hi,
I recently got PICStart Plus programmer for testing. I tried programming 16F84A with it using a test program which was only 14 words long and it took more than one minute to program it!!!

I have another PIC programmer ( **broken link removed** ) that programs entire 16F84A in less than 10 seconds.

Is PICStart Plus that slow? or there is some other problem?
 

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I have reselled my picstart plus, and I have bought picquick from
**broken link removed**
and my life is better!!! very more speed
also for dubugging in almost case is more fast to use insider
**broken link removed**
than ICD2
another question picstart plus with pum is not very affidable, my pum was unprogrammed without motive, and i have lost week for change it by microchip
 

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PicStart Plus is significantly slower than the ICD series, but it's not THAT slow as in programming a 14-word hex file in one minute. That's not normal.
 

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Do I always have to always set end address of hex file for PICStart Plus?
I just observed that even though my program is only 14-words long, PSP programs entire memory even though it is blank. This happens because end address is by default set to 0x3FF.
 

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CMOS said:
Do I always have to always set end address of hex file for PICStart Plus?
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yes you better do it
but you will never have speed programming with PSP :(
i like elnec products, very fast even if MPLAB dosnt recognize it : a popup comes when hex file has changed (after successful build) and ask for a new programming. simple and fast :)
 

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i believe that the fastest PIC programmer is the P16PRO40 which is based on the David Tait design. but its a parallel port programmer.

i have been using the Ozipic programmer (P16PRO40) with WinPicProg http://www.winpicprog.co.uk and i havent had any speed problems
 

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Is there a way to speed up picstar plus????. Anyone knows something?
 

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i don't think it is possible... the speed of the psp+ is really making crazy... well, is there any idea why it is so slow. surely microchip can do quicker programmer than this.... is this for give a chance to third party companies. or is this for sell their upper end programmer(promate)??
(and in my opinion to buy icd2 more sensible)
 

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Moof said:
Is there a way to speed up picstar plus????. Anyone knows something?
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No its impossible
PSP has a PIC17C inside, you cannot speed up its RS232 or MPLAB's one :evil:
 

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Can anyone tell me how much time ICD2 takes to program full 16F877A or any other micrcontroller you know?
 

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Hello

PICPlus might be much better, cauze we have both PIC start and PICplus, PICsttart is slower, don't why. But just wanted to point for that.

Regards
 

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