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neochrome32
Joined: 09 Jun 2013 Posts: 153
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New programmer, ICD 3 or PIC KIT 3 |
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:01 pm |
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I broke my PIC KIT 3, but im thinking about this ICD 3, while the pic kit 3 does the job, and is far cheaper, is there any advantages to the ICD 3?
i cant find any clear info about this...
Also, sorry for the TOPIC normally i wouldn't ask a NON programming question...
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alan
Joined: 12 Nov 2012 Posts: 357 Location: South Africa
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:19 pm |
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Just my 2cent. It looks like the ICD3 has timing problems and battle to program certain chips eg. dsPIC33EP128GMxxx, where the ICD-U64 has got no problem programming this chip. So far I only had problems with the one chip though.
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dyeatman
Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 1924 Location: Norman, OK
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 3:25 pm |
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FWIW, I use the ICDU64 with the CCS IDE across almost all PIC
platforms PIC16/18/24/30/33 with no significant issues so far. _________________ Google and Forum Search are some of your best tools!!!! |
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temtronic
Joined: 01 Jul 2010 Posts: 9174 Location: Greensville,Ontario
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:46 pm |
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hmmm.... have to ask WHY 'upgrade' unless there's a REAL reason to! If the PICKIT3 does everything you want at a price you're happy with, just buy another.
Often there's a steep learning curve to figure out the 'new' features of any device, OS, etc. and you can lose a LOT of time (and hair). I generally will NOT 'upgrade' unless there's a real good reason. Heck I'm still using XP,MPLAB8.63 and PCM 4.1xx..
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asmallri
Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 1634 Location: Perth, Australia
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Re: New programmer, ICD 3 or PIC KIT 3 |
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 7:35 pm |
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neochrome32 wrote: | I broke my PIC KIT 3, but im thinking about this ICD 3, while the pic kit 3 does the job, and is far cheaper, is there any advantages to the ICD 3?
i cant find any clear info about this...
Also, sorry for the TOPIC normally i wouldn't ask a NON programming question...
thanks guys |
Did you contact Microchip? They replaced my faulty ICD for free when it was 2 years old. _________________ Regards, Andrew
http://www.brushelectronics.com/software
Home of Ethernet, SD card and Encrypted Serial Bootloaders for PICs!! |
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neochrome32
Joined: 09 Jun 2013 Posts: 153
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:10 pm |
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Asmallri, i broke it; i reverse the power on the pins by accident and blew the lot up :( not really covered lol... my own error, i was thinking tie ICD3 was a MUCH quick programming speeds. but its looking like there isn't one, i dont need debugging as i do most of my test code in regular GCC for the maths and complex stuff....... generally works out well
Looks like a new PicKit 3 it is then :D
any news on the microchips manufacturing those super speedy chips? _________________ have a peek dont be too critical
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfhv9OtIxzgVTuSzYDw3NqQ |
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