Today we did the first test of the PICqueño32 hardware. See the previous video of the build and PIC chip replacement.
Learn more about the PICqueño32 on the wiki, and don’t forget there are PCBs in the free PCB drawer if you want to build your own. We’ll give away two free PCB coupons on Twitter later today.
In this video:
- Power up test with a Bus Pirate
- First USB connection
- Bootloader programing with MPLAB
- First test with the Arduino IDE
You might be interested in my icd3 connector. Its a little cleaner and easier to transport. Although in hind sight , Microchip sells a mfg one similar to mine for 10$ or so .
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk184/xsavior38/icd3connectoraddidisstyle.jpg
COM32 wow!!
My picqueño will be (hopefully) assembled by tomorrow, if FT232’s arrive.
Can’t wait to power it up!
PD. I like the “pic’quéhniou” pronunctiation xP. It’s quite difficult for foreigners to pronounce the ñ. It has a much “stronger” pronunctiation than most people think.
I have put in my time learning spanish ;) But should I say que like Kay (as in the normal spanish what, ?que?), or like Key? I think it is PIC-kane-yo, but sometimes I say PIC-keen-yo.
I thought it would be pic-KWAYN-yo (or pic-QUEHN-yo), but I couldn’t talk to anyone when I was in Guatemala…
It’s much more like “PIC-ken-yo”, pronouncing ken as you’d pronounce the name of barbie’s boyfriend. But the “ñ” sound is a bit particular. It’s stronger than n-y.
Oh and I’ve always wanted to know if PICqueño comes from pequeño (small) or if you chose the -eño suffix to denote pertenence or relationship to PIC’s.
If you called it PICqueño because it’s pequeño, then you should create a mini version called “PICqueñito or PICqueñín”
You should really use sensible colors for wiring :) I prefer to use red for + and black for gnd, this makes it easy to check the wiring very quick.
For testing I also use my DMM to measure resistance between vcc and gnd (also swap the terminals!)
Congrats on the first testrun!
What is your procedures on antistatic measures. I watched the video where you replaced the PIC32 and saw nothing in particular.
I just don’t work that confidently. My hands shake, sweat pours out of my brows and I bridge SOIC chips on scrap electronics. Do you have a failure rate, and if so how often is static the final suspect?
Once in a great while I lose a chip, and it might be due to static, but it could also be poor soldering. I haven’t had a power-up failure due to “unknown” reasons in years though. Most modern microcontrollers and chips have very good static protection on the pins.