Update PIC on Minimig

[koaftder]

boing4000 wrote:
Is it still possible to reprogramm this PIC with a propper bootloader and then using the RS232 update?

Yup, pull the pic and use a regular programmer. I use the pic kit 2 programmer from microchip. It's cheap and it actually works flawlessly now thanks to their recent software version.

[koaftder]

Darrin wrote:
So what's the option if the Acube boards can't be reflashed via the serial port?  Are we kind of buggered?

You'll need a pic programmer. You can build one very cheaply that uses the serial port on your pc such as this:

http://www.semis.demon.co.uk/uJDM/uJDMmain.htm


and a better one that does more chips here:
http://www.jdm.homepage.dk/newpics.htm


and the programmer software, use winpicprog:
http://www.winpicprog.co.uk/

Or spend $50 and pickup the "pick kit 2" programmer from Microchip which is really nice and lets you program serial eeproms as well.

[koaftder]

boing4000 wrote:
Today Vesalia insure me to swap the PIC with another one contain tiny bootloader, also for all their minimig customers :-)
They are still waiting for a response from ACube but will do this exchange anyway.

That is good news.