PICSTART® Plus Flash Upgrade Module
This PICSTART Plus Flash Upgrade Module is a printed circuit board assembly containing a PIC18F6720 device. It permanently replaces the PIC17C44 inside the PICSTART Plus. Once installed, the firmware is upgradeable using MPLAB IDE. All future upgrades will no longer require the opening of the enclosure to upgrade the PICSTART Plus firmware.
IMPORTANT: PICSTART Plus units with hardware revision of R20 or later already have this feature and do not require this kit.
This upgrade kit supersedes UK003007 and UK003006.
Before You Begin
You can only use this upgrade with MPLAB IDE v6.40 or later, PICSTART Plus hardware revision must be Rev 5 or later. MPLAB IDE is downloadable from this web site. The hardware revision of the PICSTART Plus is the last digit(s), immediately following "-R", of the serial number on the bottom of the plastic product enclosure port.