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Dual partition chips

PicKitPlus Chip Database
Peter Lameijn
2018-09-02
2018-09-05

  • Peter Lameijn

    Peter Lameijn - 2018-09-02

    Hello,

    Will the dual partition chips like the 24FJ1024GA610 be supported?

    Regards,
    Peter.

     

    Last edit: Peter Lameijn 2018-09-02

    • Anobium

      Anobium - 2018-09-03

      Not at the moment. We have focused on 8-bit devies. but there is no reason, that I am currently aware of, to prevent us from tackling the 24F devices.

       

  • Peter Lameijn

    Peter Lameijn - 2018-09-03

    A lot of 24F chips are already supported by the 'old' IDE...
    But regrettably not the dual partition types.
    (because they have different lay-out for config words ect...)

     

    • Anobium

      Anobium - 2018-09-05

      @Peter. If MPLAB-IPE can program these parts then so could the 'old' PICKit GUI application. It is an engineering decision by Microchip NOT to update the 'old' PICKit GUI application to support the newer devices.

      So, can MPLAB-IPE can program these parts? If yes, which programmer [PK2 or PK3]?

      If the answer is Yes to both questions then it is simply an investment of resources (time) to make it work. If cracked the new protocols for 8-bit then it is probably doable. But, how many folks would want this?

       

  • Peter Lameijn

    Peter Lameijn - 2018-09-05

    PK3 can program the dual partition chips. I don't know if with IPE possible
    I only tried to use IPE once and it's a unworkable horrible unfriendly program...
    PK2 doesn't seem to support them. I once spoke to an engineer who worked on the PK2.
    He said that some chips could not be supported on te PK2 due to how it's firmware works.
    Some chips (like the 18F87k22) do not 'fit' the programming model of the PK2.
    (it would take overhauling the firmware and they of course don't do that anymore)

     

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