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Bootloader update with a Pickit2

Hi all,

  Just a quick note to let you know that indeed, the PGC and PGD lines are "crossed" on the Bus Pirate which makes it a bit more complex to use the Pickit2: if those two pins were the other way around, you could just plug a pickit2 into the Bus Pirate directly, but sadly that's not the case. A simple adapter which crosses the PGC and PGD lines solves the issue and programming works fine afterwards...

ED

Re: Bootloader update with a Pickit2

Reply #1
I'm glad somebody else noticed this; this really threw me for a loop too.  Microchip has a standard programmer pin ordering (MCLR/Vpp, Vdd, GND, PGD, PGC).  This is used by the PICkit, ICD 2, etc.

I hope Ian has a Really Good Reason for swapping the two lines, because it sure is a nuisance if you want to re-flash the firmware.

Ian?

Re: Bootloader update with a Pickit2

Reply #2
It's fixed on v3