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Since (before?) the introduction of MPLAB-X a while ago, the Picstart Plus was not been actively supported - and it never did/will support some of the newer, fancier devices anyway, so I started to look around for a replacement. Having used PICs since about 1990 - and having a reasonable suite of development tools, including the CCS C Compiler.
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MPLAB will download new firmware into the PICkit3 which is suitable for the target device, as shown in its Output window. The PICkit3 should show up in the project’s conf menu. I’ll be using MPLAB X to do a test of programming a HEX file into a PIC18F25K80. If you re-start the PICkit3 programming application, it should say that “the PICkit3 has no Operating System”. Since this is the application that bricked my PICkit3, I will leave it alone.īut first we’ll need to revert the firmware back to MPLAB mode so MPLAB can talk to the PICkit3. It should detect the PICkit3 and show its ID.
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Now connect the unbricked PICkit3 to the USB cable and fire up the PICkit3 v3 Programmer application. The pinheader stays in the enclosure, waiting for the next time we brick the programmer. I’ve insulated the wires with some clear tape, and folded the wires back against the PCB. If you’re paranoid and want to check if the firmware in the PICkit3 matches the one in the file we loaded, you can click the verify button. If programming went well, the status window’s background should be green and should say Programming successful. You should now see the application programming the PIC, on the PICkit2 the Busy LED should be on. Now hit the Write button to program the file into the PICkit3’s microcontroller. The firmware should now be loaded into the programming application, as witnessed by the text Hex file sucessfully imported. It is located in the PICkit3 v3 application folder (typically c:\Program Files\Microchip\PICkit3 v3).
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The firmware to program into the bricked PICkit3 is called PK3IMG020005.hex. If not then you can check if the microcontroller reponds using the Check Communication command from the Tools menu. The PICkit3 contains a PIC24FJ256GB106 device.
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If this works then the application will show PIC Device Found. Perhaps the application has already detected it at startup. I’m using the PICkit2, so I’ll be using the PICkit2 Programmer v2.61 programmer application in this example.įirst select the PIC24 from the Device Family menu. Start up your PICkit stand-alone application. Now we’ll overwrite the bricked firmware with good firmware. If you make the wires 2 or 3 cm long, you can leave the pinheader into the case of the PICkit when you’ve finished unbricking it. The AUX pin doesn’t need to be connected. The pinout is the same as the one on the PICkit’s programming header (MCLR/VPP, VDD, GND, PGD, PGC, AUX). Make sure you get the pins in the right order. The small notch on the silkscreen of J2 is the MCLR/VPP pin. Or you omit the pinheader and just stick the wires into the spare programmer’s female header as I did. Since the pitch of J2 is smaller than the 2.54mm header required by the PICkit’s programming header, we’ll need connect a 6-pin 2.54mm pinheader to it using wires. Next to this microcontroller is J2, a row of 6 pads that can be used to program this microcontroller. Inside you’ll find a small PCB with a PIC 24 microcontroller. So first order of business is to pry open 3 tabs on one side of the case, and you’ll be able to snap it open. The PICkit3’s case doesn’t have any screws, it is kept closed by tabs. Connect the spare PICkit to the bricked programmer Ironically to do this you’ll need another PICkit programmer. The Power, Active and Status LEDs stayed on and I couldn’t load any more firmware.
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It still got recognized by the host computer as a PICkit3 USB device, but with an empty serial number. The PICkit 3 v3 application crashed while loading new firmware into the PICkit3, and it ended up bricked. Unbricking the PICkit3 Posted on: 07-01-2015 Categories: Electronics Author: David Steeman