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Just upgraded my Picstart Plus to firmware version 2.01.00 so I could program the new PIC16F877 parts. I only wanted to program the first 1k of the chip with a short program using MPLAB 4.12 but the Picstart insists on programming the entire thing which takes a few minutes. The Verify button in the programmer window is supposed to allow you to select programming options before starting but it seems to just skip right to programming with whatever defaults are there. Is this a bug? Anyone else have this problem? Eric Strauts *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | Eric Strauts | | TEEM Electronics | | Park Ridge, IL 60068 | | Email: spam_OUTestrautsTakeThisOuTworldnet.att.net | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

At 01:43 3/08/99 -0500, you wrote: You can always select the device as a 16F874. This will halve the programming time if you cannot get the ranging feature to work. Jim {Quote hidden}>Just upgraded my Picstart Plus to firmware version 2.01.00 so I could >program the new PIC16F877 parts. I only wanted to program the first >1k of the chip with a short program using MPLAB 4.12 but the Picstart >insists on programming the entire thing which takes a few minutes. > >The Verify button in the programmer window is supposed to allow you >to select programming options before starting but it seems to just >skip right to programming with whatever defaults are there. > >Is this a bug? Anyone else have this problem? > >Eric Strauts > > >*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* >| Eric Strauts | >| TEEM Electronics | >| Park Ridge, IL 60068 | >| Email: .....estrautsKILLspam@spam@worldnet.att.net | >*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > Regards, Jim Robertson NEWFOUND ELECTRONICS ________________________________________ Email: newfoundKILLspampipeline.com.au http://www.new-elect.com MPLAB compatible PIC programmers. ________________________________________

Eric, If you select "Program/Verify" from the Picstart Plus menu, it will bring up the Program/Verify window, which you can enter the start and end addresses to be programmed. You can also select the other check boxes, i.e. configuration bits, calibration memory, etc. Hope this helps, Michael Barker Student, Computer Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology .....meb8208KILLspam.....rit.edu {Original Message removed}