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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : HELP needed: PIC32MX170 & MPLab IDE 8.90
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vasi Guru  Joined: 23/03/2007 Location: RomaniaPosts: 1697 |
Peter, is not there an extra 0 in the device ID? Just asking, as there the number is bigger than the others. Hobbit name: Togo Toadfoot of Frogmorton Elvish name: Mablung Miriel Beyound Arduino Lang |
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G8JCF Guru Joined: 15/05/2014 Location: United KingdomPosts: 676 |
@VASI afaik, the device ID is a 32 bit number, and that number is what PICPROG.EXE reported back to me for the "MX170F256B-501/SP". I used that number, and PIC32PROG.EXE works so I didn't argue or think about it any more, I was more interested in getting my MX170F256B-501/SP working ! I did try and find the Dev Id for a "MX170F256B-501/SP" but couldn't. AS I said previously, that Device ID worked for me, so I didn't bother investing any further more time and effort , and I now have a working '170F. If you (@Vasi) could find/know/research/investigate the Device ID's for '170 chips that would be most helpful to us all. Perhaps someone who understands Microchip Device IDs can explain/verify what the Device ID is for the "MX170F256B-501/SP", and. hopefully more generally where/how Microchip Device IDs are managed/made visible to us punters. 73 Peter The only Konstant is Change |
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| WhiteWizzard Guru Joined: 05/04/2013 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2927 |
@G8JCF, will be getting the 170's hopefully in the next 3-4 days so will have a play and be in touch when I get 'stuck' 
WW |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3998 |
The ID I have for the 170F256B is 0x06610053 Looks to be a stray 2 in the earlier post (which will be ignored as it's a 32-bit item). I got the values from the Flash Programming Spec. It has a lot of PIC32MZ ones, too. John |
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| G8JCF Guru Joined: 15/05/2014 Location: United KingdomPosts: 676 |
@JohnS Thanks for that info, I'll update target.c and try it out. 0x26610053 definitely works, but maybe PICProg masks out the top 4 bits because those are the silicon revision bits (I think). BTW, I've managed to find 61145L.PDF from Microchip which includes MZ series as well as MX, but not unfortunately MX170's. So there must be a newer 61145X.PDF out there somewhere ? Thanks, once again Peter The only Konstant is Change |
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| G8JCF Guru Joined: 15/05/2014 Location: United KingdomPosts: 676 |
Hi JohnS Very many thanks for your info, it gave me the spur/clue to go digging around on Microchip's site and find the requisite document ! So here is PIC32PROG.EXE for PICKit2 with {0x6610053, "MX170F256B", 256, &family_mx1}, {0x661A053, "MX170F256D", 256, &family_mx1}, added into target.c When I run the new compiled PIC32PROG.EXE against my '170F, PIC32Prog reports >pic32prog.exe Programmer for Microchip PIC32 microcontrollers, Version 1.96M Copyright: (C) 2011-2014 Serge Vakulenko Adapter: PICkit2 Version 2.32.0 Processor: MX170F256B (id 26610053) Flash memory: 256 kbytes Boot memory: 3 kbytes Configuration: DEVCFG0 = 7ffffffb 3 Debugger disabled 0 JTAG disabled 18 Use PGC1/PGD1 DEVCFG1 = fc67cf59 1 Fast RC oscillator with divide-by-N and PLL 3 Primary oscillator: disabled 4 CLKO output disabled 0 Peripheral bus clock: SYSCLK / 1 8 Fail-safe clock monitor enabled 4 Clock switching enabled DEVCFG2 = fff9ffd9 1 PLL divider: 1/2 5 PLL multiplier: 20x 7 USB PLL divider: 1/12 8 Disable USB PLL 1 PLL postscaler: 1/2 DEVCFG3 = cfffffff USBID pin: controlled by port USBID pin: controlled by port 4 USBID pin: controlled by USB 8 VBuson pin: controlled by USB > I've attached the new PIC32Prog.exe in case it's useful to someone. Once again, very many thanks to @JohnS 73 Peter 2014-08-11_230509_pic32prog.zip The only Konstant is Change |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3998 |
I'm not sure if you found it but the most recent doc looks to be: here If that C code uses a 32-bit value (maybe a type called u32) then using the old constant with that stray 2 ought to generate a compiler warning (at least) if you turn enough warning on. gcc is quite good (sometimes painfully so) at warning about apparent loss of bits. John |
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| WhiteWizzard Guru Joined: 05/04/2013 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2927 |
@G8JCF. I am having no luck running either of your posted pic32prog attached files. 
I am unzipping on a windows 7 (64-bit) laptop and when I run the file I get a quick dos window flash up and then disappear. If I run as administrator it just sits on an hourglass (I then have to quit via Task Manager).
Please, what am I doing wrong?? 
Thanks for including the file as a downloadable with both 170's and 150's - and thanks too to for JohnS help  |
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| G8JCF Guru Joined: 15/05/2014 Location: United KingdomPosts: 676 |
@WW You have to open up CMD.exe, then from the command line type PIC32PROG.exe. PIC32Prog.exe is a command line only utility. OK ? Peter The only Konstant is Change |
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| G8JCF Guru Joined: 15/05/2014 Location: United KingdomPosts: 676 |
PIC32PROG.EXE - Update I got an email from Serge (pic32prog's author) this morning who said Peter The only Konstant is Change |
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| vasi Guru Joined: 23/03/2007 Location: RomaniaPosts: 1697 |
WW, probably libusb for windows has to be installed. Pickit2 has to be connected on USB and at your board. Pic32prog is a console application. For you to be able to read the application;s messages, you need to open a permanent console, inside where you navigate to the folder you have the hex file. Pic32prog has to be in a folder included in the PATH system variable. Again, TotalCommander file manager can be very useful (you can launch cmd.exe from his command line in any folder you want). As an old programmer, you should be proficient with this stuff... Hobbit name: Togo Toadfoot of Frogmorton Elvish name: Mablung Miriel Beyound Arduino Lang |
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| WhiteWizzard Guru Joined: 05/04/2013 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2927 |
Appreciate your help vasi (but I'm not that old!!)  |
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| G8JCF Guru Joined: 15/05/2014 Location: United KingdomPosts: 676 |
@WW If you have installed a PICKit2 then PIC32Prog should work without further ado. All the driver(s) required should have been installed as part of installing the PICKit2. 73 Peter The only Konstant is Change |
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