archie_pl
Newbie level 2
icd2 internal circuit
Hi crazyduck,
I've made ICD2 based on Lothar idea ('USB' version) with minor changes. After some experiments with FTDI chip settings (and pic bootloader as well I've managed to set the speed of COM port at 1250 kbit/s but the result was not as good as I would expect. Now it is only about two times faster in comparision with standard 56 kbit/s settings. This drives me to the conclusion that COM speed is not the critical issue an there must be something else in bootloader code that causes the ICD2 to run so slowly.
I wonder if there is anyone who can tell me how really fast the original USB version is. How many steps per second with , let's say, 20 variables added to watch window? (my ICD2 performs almost 2 setps per second in such environment)
Regards
Archie.
Hi crazyduck,
I've made ICD2 based on Lothar idea ('USB' version) with minor changes. After some experiments with FTDI chip settings (and pic bootloader as well I've managed to set the speed of COM port at 1250 kbit/s but the result was not as good as I would expect. Now it is only about two times faster in comparision with standard 56 kbit/s settings. This drives me to the conclusion that COM speed is not the critical issue an there must be something else in bootloader code that causes the ICD2 to run so slowly.
I wonder if there is anyone who can tell me how really fast the original USB version is. How many steps per second with , let's say, 20 variables added to watch window? (my ICD2 performs almost 2 setps per second in such environment)
Regards
Archie.