Chose the PICkit2 programmer to develop some new code because it comes with the Low Pin Count Demo board and a 16F690 midrange device. The PICkit 1 is too old and too slow to use now and the PICkit3 has been put in Programmer-to-go mode and is only used to program my Solar Charge Controller chips.
Wrote a little program to test the controller's ability to differentiate between Power On Resets, Brown Out Resets and MCLR resets.

By Julian

Youtuber, shed dweller, solar charge controller aficionado

One thought on “16f690 on low pin count pcb with pickit2”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dog Rox says:

    Julian, I hope you are still reading the comments these old video posted you made. I'm hoping you can help me with something. I have a pickit 3 and I can't get the target power to stay on for when using low pin count demo board I came with the starter kit. I'm using MPLAB X IDE 2.15 I think. And it seems that I can get the target power to turn on using that. But when I use the MPLAB IPE there is no target voltage coming out of the pickit 3 and MPLAB IPE cannot find the device. I even tried it in programmer to go mode. Using the MPLAB X IDE I can get the code loaded into the pickit 3 but I can't get it to keep the target power on for when using it as a stand alone and being plugged into a USB power source. I've tried to contact microchip but they not giving me any reply it's whatsoever. I'm hoping maybe you can help me with this.

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