- PICKIT 2 Programmer and Emulator For replacement, see PICKIT3 Microchip PICkit 2 programmer and emulator for PIC microcontrollers. The unit runs from MPLAB IDE (MPLAB 8 or X versions) or can be run from separate programming software.
- The PICkit 2 XP programn supplied by Microchip has a menu entry 'Download PICkit 2 OS firmware' under 'tools'. This will instruct the PICkit 2 application to pass control to the firmware and let you pick a.hex file to be downloaded.
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PICKIT™ 2 PROGRAMMER-TO-GO USER GUIDE 1 Introduction The PICkit 2 Programmer-To-Go functionality allows a PIC MCU memory image to be downloaded into the PICkit 2 unit for later programming into a specific PIC MCU. No software or PC is required to program devices once the PICkit 2 unit is set up for Programming-To-Go. A USB power source for the.
First plug in our programmer and open PicKit 2. Wait for PicKit to detect the programmer, and if it doesn't, click 'Tools > Check Communication'.
Connect the PIC we want to program to our programmer. If you don't know how you can search online for the pin distribution of the PIC and find the corresponding MCLR, VDD, VSS, PGD and PGC pins to connect to the programmer.
Wait for PicKit to detect the PIC showing 'PIC Device Found', if it doesn't then try clicking ‘Tools > Check communication’ a couple times. If it still doesn't detect the PIC, check the connections.
Open MPLAB, MPLAB X, or whichever IDE you are using and compile the program.
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After compiling, go back to PicKit 2 and go to 'File > Import Hex'. With MPLAB X you can find the hex file of your project in 'Project_Directory > dist > default > production > Project_Name.production.hex'
Click 'Write' and wait for it to show 'Programming Successful'
If you wish to modify your program you don't need to import the hex file again, you should just compile it an click 'Write' in the PicKit software. Among the messages it displays it should read 'Reloading hex file' .
That's it !
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As a final step, you can design a simple rectangular case to 3d print just to protect the PicKit, you wouldn't want it to break or short-circuit, I'll leave it up to you.
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Happy programming