I just bought the K8076 kit. Unfortunately it doesn’t recognize any PIC. When I do “identify connected pic” it defaults back to 10F200.
When I run the hardware dataline test (withoud PIC), the shown patterns matches the pattern on the board.
So that at least works.
The powersupply is ok (15V DC) I checked it, it’s even above 15V.
I tried different speeds as suggested.
I tried to program a 18F2550 and a 16F628A (both are in the list of supported PICs).
Everytime it tells me “the settings don’t match the PIC in the programmer Do you want to continue?”
Any (constructive) suggestions would be very welcome.
Found the cause of the problem: I use a USB-COM converter (Logilink USB 2.0) that apparently isn’t 100% compatable with COM.
So I decided to build a serial cable of some ‘left over parts’:
two connectors that came along with the kit
an old UTP CAT5 cable.
Result: board recognizes all my PICs and I’m now able to program the PIC18F2550. I just managed to build my first traffic light.
My advise: if you want to use the K8076 kit, use a computer that has a real COM port and use a serial cable instead of COM-ish USB solutions…