Problem with USB Programmer and a PIC16F84A

pepealo_11 · Joined: 29 Oct 2010 Posts: 1

Hi, I'm from Mexico.
I bought a USB Programmer here from a private company, then I install the CCS Compiler. I want to burn my PIC 16F84A, but the compiler doesn't detect my programmer. What can I do or what I have to do to the compiler for detecting my programmer. Question

scottc · Joined: 16 Aug 2010 Posts: 95

Sounds like a usb driver issue to me.

Go here and grab the latest CCSLOAD program and USB drivers if needed

http://www.ccsinfo.com/downloads.php

Scott

Ttelmah · Joined: 11 Mar 2010 Posts: 19328

Er. CCS, won't generally 'detect' third party programmers. You just use them separately. The compiler generates a .hex file, and your programmer should have it's own code, to read .hex files. The only programmers directly supported by CCS, are their own ones, and very few common ones from people like Microchip themselves.

Best Wishes

dbotkin · Joined: 08 Sep 2003 Posts: 197 Location: Omaha NE USA

Heck, my PCWH won't even talk to my ICD-U64. :) It hasn't been enough of a hassle to troubleshoot.

Douglas Kennedy · Joined: 07 Sep 2003 Posts: 755 Location: Florida

Never had any issues with ICDU-64. Also had very very few issues with the ICDU-40. The microchip versions (picstart through to ICD2 hockey pucks ) can work at times but the ICDU-64 is by far the best solution for CCS..better debugging ( using the CCS IDE )and very often much faster downloading.