notwhoyouthink
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I have just encountered a 40X that claims it has programmed but never does... It just continues to run the old program, even after I download a blank program. Is it doomed and is anyone else experiencing this?
Stuck 40X
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Michael 2727
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I did that also the other day,,DµH,
took 3 D/Ls to realise what was going on,,~;o)
took 3 D/Ls to realise what was going on,,~;o)
notwhoyouthink
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It was right because it talked to the PC and verified, but didn't run the new program. Also, it worked with another 40X. It has firmware version 7.6 - is it possibly a bad batch of chips?
Maybe starting a fresh would do good.
Hook up the 40X to a breadboard with the download resistors and power supply. Reboot the PC and start up Prog. Ed. and load your program. Then send it to the PICAXE...
Sometimes we overlook the most obvious of things, taking for granted that it would be right in the first place.
<b><i>ylp88 </b> </i>
Hook up the 40X to a breadboard with the download resistors and power supply. Reboot the PC and start up Prog. Ed. and load your program. Then send it to the PICAXE...
Sometimes we overlook the most obvious of things, taking for granted that it would be right in the first place.
<b><i>ylp88 </b> </i>
notwhoyouthink
Member
Tried as you suggested, Ylp88, but now it won't do anything. Probably just its way of telling me it was about to die. Mind you, I only programmed it ~20 times... Maybe it didn't like my circuit. Thanks for your time and help, anyhow.
Notwhoyouthink
Notwhoyouthink
I had an 18X die on me yesterday, first came up with eeprom error so checked supply voltage etc etc, tried again then came up with hardware error, wasn't connected to anything and had only been programmed a couple of dozen times. plugged another 18X in and off we go no problems ????.
R.I.P
R.I.P
hippy
Ex-Staff (retired)
I've only killed one PICAXE (18X), by mis-wiring an LCD and adjusting the contrast pot which pulled an ouput pin to 0V which tried to source loads of current, behaved weirdly for a while, then finally went awfully quiet.
Having now got involved in PICmicro programming, slapped it in the programmer and it read the fuses okay which were as would be expected for an 18X. Wouldn't bulk erase but after some bit-bashing at it as part of other ongoing experiments I 'screwed something internally' and it's now erased and working happily as a 16F88 ( or so it appears ). So not all money down the drain
Edited by - hippy on 15/04/2006 18:18:19
Having now got involved in PICmicro programming, slapped it in the programmer and it read the fuses okay which were as would be expected for an 18X. Wouldn't bulk erase but after some bit-bashing at it as part of other ongoing experiments I 'screwed something internally' and it's now erased and working happily as a 16F88 ( or so it appears ). So not all money down the drain
Edited by - hippy on 15/04/2006 18:18:19