What am I missing?! ICD-U40

KamPutty · Guest

Hi all,

I've been using Microchips ICD-2 for some time now, in the MPLAB IDE. I've finally head enough with the DEBUGGING speed and was told to try the CCS ICD-U40 as it's faster...

So here is my normal dev cycle

#1. Write
#2. Burn
#3. Test
#4. Repeat till done!

I spend more time burning then debugging. In MPLAB, I can compile using CCS's compiler, and then upon success, burn the chip and release to test

Now, I can do the same with the ICD-U40, but using the CCS's IDE. Now, this very fast process (3~4 seconds in MPLAB) takes about 30!!!

Is there ANYTHING I can do to speed this process up? Is there a command line switch for "Compile this badboy, and when ok, burn it all, then release it etc"?

I saw in the Help File, "Icd -T *.hex" file, and when I tried that it just starts the ICD program.

Any thoughts?

~Kam (^8*

PCM programmer · Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 21708

It could be that the ICD2 is configured to program only the bytes
in the PIC that need programming, but the CCS ICD is configured
to program the entire PIC. This could account for the time difference.
I suggest checking the ICD options menu.

KamPutty · Guest

Okay,

I ran the ICD program and just did a "program". It took 17 seconds with ICD-U40 and 4 seconds in MPLAB with ICD-2.

Any thoughts?
They are using the same connector (ICD). Is there something special with the CCS ICD connector vs. the ICD-2? They look the same...

<delay>

The only diff is that the CCS ICD needs a 49k(?) resister for pin1 and ICD-2 does not(?)....

But nothings complaining...

That extra 13 seconds is killing me!

~Kam (^8*

PCM programmer · Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 21708

Did you read my post ?

Did you look at the Advanced menu in the ICD program ?

Did you read the ICD help file ?

From the help file:

KamPutty · Guest

Sad to say, but yes, I did read the help, and did try the +5v, and those where the times based on the fastest mode.

#1. From the ICD menu, selecting a file from "Download Target" takes 3 seconds before the "Write Data" dialog opens
#2. The "Write Data" dialog box take 10 seconds to process
#3. The "Verify" takes 5 seconds to process

All said, it takes approx 18 seconds to burn!

~Kam (^8*

KamPutty · Guest