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Flash programming utility for Microchip PIC32 microcontrollers
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Question: is it ok to program pic32mz with pickit2? #63

Closed igagis closed 4 years ago

igagis commented 4 years ago

Everywhere on the internet they say that PIC32MZ can only be programmed with PICkit3, but using the pic32prog I was able to program pic32mz even with pickit2 and it went smoothly. I didn't even need to upgrade firmware of my pickit2 (before I could use my pickit3 I had to upgrade its firmware).

So, the question is, is it ok to use pickit2 for programming PIC32MZ? does it give exactly same result? What is the difference between using pickit2 and pickit3?

igagis commented 4 years ago

using it for two days, didn't notice anything strange, so I assume it is OK.

sergev commented 4 years ago

Hi Ivan, PICkit2 works perfectly fine for pic32mz. I use it for many years. The programming protocol is exactly the same for the target microcontroller. The only difference between PICkit2 and PICkit3 is that former has pic16 inside, and latter is based on pic24.