Can you write to Program Memory while the PIC is running?

ThomasC · Joined: 09 Oct 2007 Posts: 62

PIC16F690-ICD / ICD2 / PCM 4.060

Using the write_program_memory function or any other function? I need to take in a 520 byte command string. Thanks!

PCM programmer · Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 21708

Look in the 16F690 data sheet, in section 10.0.
http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/41262E.pdf
Look in the table of contents on the left side in the Acrobat reader.
If a PIC can write to Flash Program Memory, the data sheet will
very prominently have sections on Writing and Erasing that memory.

Compare that data sheet to the 16F88. Look in section 3.0
and see what it shows in the table of contents:
http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/30487c.pdf

ThomasC · Joined: 09 Oct 2007 Posts: 62

Thanks so much. I just read the data sheet right before I read your comment. I also tried the write_program_memory and it didn't work and the read_program_memory did. Thanks for the confirmation.

*solved*