Generally, they come when something goes wrong with the tool, such as unplugging it in the middle of an operation. Tracking these down is my biggest goal right now. There are still ways to get the application to throw and exception and shut down.Generally these appear as configuration memory verify errors (since that's the most complicated portion of a device's memory). It is not perfect yet, so you may see issues from it. Device information is currently pulled from a new database being developed internally.If you need to install it (unlikely, as it should already be installed on the vast majority of Windows computers), you can download it from Microsoft's site, get it through Windows Update, or you can install the PICkit 2 application with. I expect it to work on any x86 computer with the. The application is developed on a Win XP (32-bit) machine but is also tested on Win 7 (32- and 64-bit).I have stable support working in my current development builds. If you have any problems programming any devices, please leave a note here or send me a PM. This is not to say it has been tested on all devices. The application supports all devices supported in MPLAB 8.56 except PIC32.I will post new beta versions as new features or bug fixes are available. Leave any comments, problems, suggestions etc.

Anything not explicitly disabled should work, though.ĭownload here. Please remember that this is a beta release - it shouldn't cause any harm, but one never knows where the bugs are hiding.

If you already use the PICkit 2 application, you should have no problems running this. Installation should work similar to the PICkit 2. If you installed the previous beta release, please uninstall it first. To install, simply download the ZIP file and run 'PICkit 3 0.3.3.0 Setup A.exe'. Refer to the information below and the readme.txt included with the distribution (and available from the Help menu). Stability has been improved dramatically. Many features have been added to bring the application on-par with the PICkit 2 GUI. I've locked the previous thread please post questions and comments in this thread. I've posted a long overdue update to the beta version of the stand-alone programmer application for the PICkit 3. PICkit 3 Programmer Application 'Public Beta 2' Download

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