PICKit 2PlusI am looking for folks willing to test PICKit 2Plus.
PICKit 2Plus is a complete replacement for the existing PICKit 2 Graphical User Interface software but PICKit 2Plus supports programming the latest 8-bit microntrollers. This means... your old PICKit 2 will program the newer microcontrollers.
PICKit 2Plus is intended to bridge the gap between being frustrated by finding 'that new chip is not supported by a Pickit2', having to buy a new PICKit3 and... having to use MPLAB-X. I think you can use your old PICKit2 buy using PICKit 2Plus.
PICKit 2Plus software is NOT simply a hack but a new evolution of the software. Yes there is an updated database but the PICKit 2Plus software has been revised to support completely new/different methods of microcontroller programming. The PICKit 2Plus software also supports Windows 10. Testing has included Windows 10, 7 and XP.
A short list of newer microcontollers supported is shown below:
**PIC16F18313 0x00003066
**PIC16F18323 0x00003067
**PIC16F18324 0x0000303A
**PIC16F18325 0x0000303E
**PIC16F18326 0x000030A4
**PIC16F18344 0x0000303B
**PIC16F18345 0x0000303F
**PIC16F18346 0x000030A5
**PIC16F18854 0x0000306A
**PIC16F18855 0x0000306C
**PIC16F18856 0x00003070
**PIC16F18857 0x00003074
**PIC16F18875 0x0000306D
**PIC16F18876 0x00003071
**PIC16F18877 0x00003075
**PIC16F19156 0x00003098
**PIC16LF18313 0x00003068
**PIC16LF18323 0x00003069
**PIC16LF18324 0x0000303C
**PIC16LF18325 0x00003040
**PIC16LF18326 0x000030A6
**PIC16LF18344 0x0000303D
**PIC16LF18345 0x00003041
**PIC16LF18346 0x000030A7
**PIC16LF18854 0x0000306B
**PIC16LF18855 0x0000306E
**PIC16LF18856 0x00003072
**PIC16LF18857 0x00003076
**PIC16LF18875 0x0000306F
**PIC16LF18876 0x00003073
**PIC16LF18877 0x00003077
**PIC18F24K42 0x00006CA0
**PIC18F25K42 0x00006C80
PICKit 3PlusI have the same functionality for the PICKit 3Plus. I have the code ready but I want to test the code base on the PICKit2, resolve any issues or 'give up' if this software does not work.
So....In the context that you can use MPLAB-X with a host of programmers (Pks etc) - is this worthwhile? If you think so - then let me know.
Anobium
P.S. I have a few friends test PICKIT2 Plus software. No issues reported - yet.
P.P.S. This work has been in-conjuction with Norio Sasajima - see
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/microcontrollers/pic16f18857-programming-with-pickit2/msg1408795/#msg1408795