Hank Fletcher
New Member
I just received my ICD2 clone through the mail. For reference, it's this one:
https://www.mcumall.com/comersus/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=3195
I've been reading through the documentation that came with it, and I was a little surprised to find out that the target would need its own power if I was powering the ICD2 via USB alone. This is according to the Microchip MPLAB ICD2 info, by the way, so I'm not 100% that this applies to the ICD2 I have. There's no independent power connector on my ICD2, so USB power seems the only option. I think I should mention that my ICD2 has a set of three jumper-pin pairs on it, and these are marked:
5v0-tar
3v3-tar
tar-self
and it came with the jumper on 5v0-tar, so I'm thinking my ICD2 is perhaps built to provide power to both the ICD2 and the target from USB. Am I being too naive here, or do I have that right? Sorry, a lot of this is new to me but I figured I'd throw myself at it for some summer fun!
https://www.mcumall.com/comersus/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=3195
I've been reading through the documentation that came with it, and I was a little surprised to find out that the target would need its own power if I was powering the ICD2 via USB alone. This is according to the Microchip MPLAB ICD2 info, by the way, so I'm not 100% that this applies to the ICD2 I have. There's no independent power connector on my ICD2, so USB power seems the only option. I think I should mention that my ICD2 has a set of three jumper-pin pairs on it, and these are marked:
5v0-tar
3v3-tar
tar-self
and it came with the jumper on 5v0-tar, so I'm thinking my ICD2 is perhaps built to provide power to both the ICD2 and the target from USB. Am I being too naive here, or do I have that right? Sorry, a lot of this is new to me but I figured I'd throw myself at it for some summer fun!