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Re: PicKit 3 in Eagle format

Reply #30
[quote author="arhi"]you can get pk3 pic clone fairly cheap. There's one made by surestudio (I heard ppl had problems with it) [/quote]

I have the same issues with my Sure Electronics clone PICkit3 as others have with their original Microchip PICkit3. The PICkit2 is far superior, provided it supports the devices you want to program/debug.

Re: PicKit 3 in Eagle format

Reply #31
I do not have any issues with mine original pk3. What ppl had with surestudio pk3 clone were some wrong parts producing wrong voltages ..

pk3 vs pk2 ain't the topic ... pk2 is imo better device but if you work with pic32 and similar fast devices from microchip you have to go pk3 as you can't debug them with pk2 as pk2 is just too slow for them. If you are playing with 16F then yes pk2 is a better choice.

Re: PicKit 3 in Eagle format

Reply #32
I agree that pk2 is a better and more versitile device, but my pk2 clone quit working. Besides, I need to program 16F1507-09 series and maybe 24E or 33E series - none of which are supported by pk2. The Olimex clone (shipped) costs more than the original. The Sure clone (shipped) costs about $20 less than the original. I have most of the parts on hand already so it would still be much cheaper for me to build one.

I am not new to electronics, but I am relatively new to board design. I designed the original "CM29" through-hole version of the pk2. The thread is on edaboard.com. I built it entirely with free samples and parts from my salvage bin. I seemed to be the only person that could get my hardware to work. It has since been reworked and perfected by others on the edaboard forum.

I understand that this project is child's play to most of you, and may not be useful to as many people as most other projects on DP, but I am surprised that nobody on this forum wanted to show of their expertise. Oh, well.

Re: PicKit 3 in Eagle format

Reply #33
I think Arcol found pk3 from olimex for ~30$ with shipping on ebay ..

The layout of the pk3 ain't too important, no high speeds there, you could route it with auto router without big problems...

Re: PicKit 3 in Eagle format

Reply #34
Really nice work, but I lost something. Is it available the PICKIT3 firmware?

Re: PicKit 3 in Eagle format

Reply #35
[quote author="violator83"]Really nice work, but I lost something. Is it available the PICKIT3 firmware?[/quote]

I think arhi googled it.
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Postby arhi » Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:42 pm

I googled a bit, looks like you can read the hex from the original pk3 without a problem, it is not protected

Re: PicKit 3 in Eagle format

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