William At MyBlueRoom
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In MPLAB can I default to COM instead of USB, I have to select COM1 every time.
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Mike said:This came up here or on EDABoard last year (can't remember which). The short answer is "no", though one chap modified something in his Windows Registry (or something like that) to get his com port setting to 'stick'. I did not try his 'fix' because I didn't really understand it and I also didn't want to muck around with my Windows OS.
Mike
Mike said:I bought a Dell Latitude D810 last year specifically because it had a serial port. But I'm still looking forward to building that USB-ICD2 clone just to eliminate the power brick (grin).
Mike
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Actually, Bill's serial ICD2 design develops VPP from a 5 volt source and could easily be powered by the USB port.
That's why the big 10uf caps. Some of the newer MAX232 (with the 0.1) have wee drivers and may not like to have much current drawn from them.Mike said:Bill, someone told me you can't pull power from some of those USB-to-232 adapters.