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try this guidelines when connecting the ICD2 with PC.
i. First Connect the Power jack supplying DC 13V or above (Not more than 25V)
ii. Go to Device Manager and go to serial port properties. Under advanced settings put the FIFO levels into minimum. (Do not Disable FIFO buffering) and select Hardware flow control
iii. Now restart to take changes effect
iv. Start MPLAB IDE
v. You can view the Vdd and Vpp voltages from MPLAB
vi. This device can be operated in two modes.
a. Programming mode – Chips can be programmed, Erased, Read etc
b. Debugging mode ‐ Chips can be programmed and debug real time and animate step by step
vii. For programming mode Programmer > Select Programmer > MPLAB ICD2 and if debugging is used Debugger > Select Tool > MPLAB ICD2
viii. Under selected mode select MPLAB ICD2 Setup Wizard. Select the COM port where the device is connected and select a higher baud rate (19200 and 57600 baud rates are working) and finish the wizard
ix. If first time using, before do anything select Download ICD2 operating system and wait until it says Connected in the output window
x. Put the desired Microcontroller on the ZIF socket according to the device insertion position diagram (or you can use ICSP connector)
xi. Load the hex file or if it’s written in Mplab IDE just compile. Program will be automatically loaded on to the memory.
xii. Select Connect and it will detect the attached microcontroller.
xiii. Now program with the code.
xiv. For Debugger, the steps are almost same. Refer to ICD2 user manual for more details.
Hope this will help you in correctly connecting the IDC2
nimarc said:
I know this mag is old but can u help me because I built your ckt but that can't able to identify the device.
thanks in advance