Dear
This development kit and I have shared a lot of fun together already… thanks for that!
Now, I wonder if this kit can also be used with the PicKit 2 UART tool (found in the PICKit 2 Programmer menu Tools > UART tool)?
If yes, how do I connect it to my Pic micro controller?
Thanks in advance
[quote]Now, I wonder if this kit can also be used with the PicKit 2 UART tool (found in the PICKit 2 Programmer menu Tools > UART tool)?[/quote]Yes, it can.
For more details please see the “PICkit 2 Programmer/Debugger User’s Guide” Chapter 7.
There is written:
This feature allows PICkit 2 to be used as a serial UART terminal interface for
communicating with a PIC microcontroller. Potential uses include:
Displaying debug text output from the microcontroller
Logging microcontroller data to a text file
Developing and debugging a microcontroller UART interface
Interfacing with and sending commands to the microcontroller during
development
The PICkit 2 User’s Guide is available here: ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/D … 51553E.pdf
[quote]If yes, how do I connect it to my Pic micro controller?[/quote]For more details about the connection please see chapter 7.2 “Connecting the PICKit 2 UART tool”.
Important: To use the UART tool on EDU10, you have either to remove IC1 (PIC16F882) from the board or program its pins RB6 and RB7 as inputs.
After doing this you may run a simple UART loop-back test:
Put a jumper between the pins 4 (RX) and 5 (TX) of J2.
Open the UART tool, select any baud rate, check the VDD check box.
Then write some text to the lines in the “String Macros” section and press Send buttons.
You should see the received text on the screen.
The data can be sent/received in ASCII or in HEX form.
