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--- pickit2 [2009/01/24 16:00] – chr0n1c
+++ pickit2 [2011/09/16 23:47] (current) – dougster
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-HOWTO PROGRAM A PIC18f452 WITH A PICKIT2
+====== **HOWTO PROGRAM A PIC18f452 WITH A PICKIT2** ======
-This page is here in hopes of helping somone else avoid having to go through what i did in figuring it all out.
+//This page is here in hopes of helping somone else avoid having to go through what i did in figuring it all out.(--chr0n1c)//
 The Pickit2 USB Programmer WILL generate the required voltages for HVP programming of the chip.
-It is possible to program you midibox core pic chip with this adapter and a Pickt2 from Microchip by following these steps.
+It is possible to program your midibox core pic chip with this adapter and a Pickit2 from Microchip by following these steps.
-. BUILD THIS ICSP ADAPTER
+**1. BUILD THIS ICSP ADAPTER**
     In order to do HVP with this circuit, you will need to short
     the jumper going to pin 38 of the pic18f452.
-...will insert my schematic schreenshot here when i can get the uploader to work.
+...will insert my schematic screenshot here when i can get the uploader to work.
    until then it's attached to these forum posts:
-     [[http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,10877.0.html|External Link]]
+     http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,10877.0.html
-     [[http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,10500.0.html|External Link]]
+     http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,10500.0.html
-. PLUG IN YOUR PICKIT2 TO YOUR PC VIA USB.
+**2. PLUG IN YOUR PICKIT2 TO YOUR PC VIA USB.**
-. CONNECT THE PICKIT2 TO THE ADAPTER YOU BUILT IN STEP 1.
+**3. CONNECT THE PICKIT2 TO THE ADAPTER YOU BUILT IN STEP 1.**
      pin one of the pickit2 is the pin marked with a small triangle,
      align this with your adapters icsp header's pin one.
-. INSERT YOUR PIC18f452 IN THE ADAPTER'S IC SOCKET.
+**4. INSERT YOUR PIC18f452 IN THE ADAPTER'S IC SOCKET.**
      pin 1 of the ic socket will be connected to pin 1 on the pickit2 for a ref. point.
-. start the pickit2 upload app. that you should already have installed from your pickit2 cd.
+**5. start the pickit2 upload app.**
+     you should already have installed this from your pickit2 CD.
-. load the most current bootloader file
+**6. load the most current bootloader file**
-     LINK TO THE MIOS DOWNLOADS PAGE: [[http://www.ucapps.de/mios_download.html|External Link]]
+     LINK TO THE MIOS DOWNLOADS PAGE: http://www.ucapps.de/mios_download.html
-. CLICK THE UPLOAD HEX FILE BUTTON IN THE PICKIT2 APP.
+**7. CLICK THE UPLOAD HEX FILE BUTTON IN THE PICKIT2 APP.**
+**8. once the software tells you it's done, click verify.**
+**9. PULL THE CHIP FROM THE PROGRAMMING ADAPTER AND INSERT IT TO YOUR MBHP_CORE.**
+**10. from here, there is plenty of other documents on the wiki describing the next steps...**
-. once the software tells you it's done, click verify.
+     LINK: http://www.ucapps.de/mios_bootstrap.html
-. PULL THE CHIP FROM THE PROGRAMMING ADAPTER AND INSERT IT TO YOUR MBHP_CORE.
+other forum posts that were helpful in this research...
-. from here, there is plenty of other documents on the wiki describing the next steps...
+  http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,11754.0.html -- discussion of me starting to build a MBHP_CORE
-     LINK: [[http://www.ucapps.de/mios_bootstrap.html|External Link]]
+  http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,9831.0.html - discussion about HVP versus LVP
+  http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,10050.0.html - another discussion about HVP versus LVP