On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:14:03 -0500 "Kent A. Reed" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/2/2012 10:32 PM, Cathrine Hribar wrote: >> >> On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:04:54 -0500 >> Doug Goff<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Bill, >>> If you plan on using a Windows environment, then you can use Microchip's >>> MPLAB PIC IDE and several different C compilers, all freeware. MPLABX >>> is a new platform that is still a bit buggy, though usable. And it will >>> run under Linux. I use the PICKit 3 to program PICs, no problem. I use >>> it in a Windows environment because I also need to program FTDI chips >>> (USB) and they don't offer a Linux version. I run all Windows within >>> VirtualBox, so I don't have to transfer files around between systems. >>> >>> Google MPLAB and you should get the microchip site, or >>> http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/mplab/X/ >> Hi Doug: >> >> Thanks for the info... I just received the pickit 2 debug from microchip. >> Have the latest v. of MPLAB. Problem is that my software system is Windows >> 2000 with SP4. The pickit 2 software doesn't see the pickit 2 hardware >>pluged >> into the USB port. I know the port works. >> >> thanks: >> >> Bill >> >> > Bill: > > You do know how old Windows 2000 is in technology-years? Microsoft > terminated support two years ago. > > Sorry, I just had to get that out of my system :-) > > Did you have administrator privileges when you installed the driver? > Without a functioning driver, Windows 2000 won't admit your pickit > exists even if the port itself is electrically sound. Your smart drive > test was necessary but not sufficient. It exercises a different driver. > > Were I in your shoes, I'd install MPLAB X IDE in Linux and drive on > rather than arm-wrestle with W2K. To paraphrase what Admiral Farragut > never exactly said, "Damn the bugs, full speed ahead." > > Regards, > Kent
Hi Kent: Thanks for the note. I am aware of the age of Windows 2000 as I used it in my business of computer animation in S. W. Florida. That was up to 2005 before I retired. I agree it is a pain but sense I am retired and this is a hobby, I used what I had on hand, as MPLAB listed the system software could be Windows 2000 or XP. I put that Query on this web site about two weeks ago, asking if there was a complier that would work for programming the dspic's, under Linux. One of the fellows said that there was a compiler but it was a pain to get all the files, in place, that was needed to use it under Linux.. Being the novice that I am, not being a programmer, I thought it would be more of a challenge than I could overcome with my limited knowledge. However, I think I will give it a try as I like the Linux operating system much better that Windows. It reminds me of the Amiga operating system that I use to use for model building, ray tracing, and animation recording. If I need some direction, are you willing to lend a bit of help once in a while? Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
