====== **HOWTO PROGRAM A PIC18f452 WITH A PICKIT2** ======


//This page is here in hopes of helping somone else avoid having to go through what i did in figuring it all out.(--chr0n1c)//

The Pickit2 USB Programmer WILL generate the required voltages for HVP programming of the chip.

It is possible to program your midibox core pic chip with this adapter and a Pickit2 from Microchip by following these steps.

**1. BUILD THIS ICSP ADAPTER**
    In order to do HVP with this circuit, you will need to short
    the jumper going to pin 38 of the pic18f452.
   
...will insert my schematic screenshot here when i can get the uploader to work.


   until then it's attached to these forum posts:
     http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,10877.0.html
     http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,10500.0.html
  
**2. PLUG IN YOUR PICKIT2 TO YOUR PC VIA USB.**

**3. CONNECT THE PICKIT2 TO THE ADAPTER YOU BUILT IN STEP 1.** 
     pin one of the pickit2 is the pin marked with a small triangle,
     align this with your adapters icsp header's pin one.

**4. INSERT YOUR PIC18f452 IN THE ADAPTER'S IC SOCKET.**
     pin 1 of the ic socket will be connected to pin 1 on the pickit2 for a ref. point.

**5. start the pickit2 upload app.**
     you should already have installed this from your pickit2 CD.
  
**6. load the most current bootloader file**
     LINK TO THE MIOS DOWNLOADS PAGE: http://www.ucapps.de/mios_download.html
  
**7. CLICK THE UPLOAD HEX FILE BUTTON IN THE PICKIT2 APP.**

**8. once the software tells you it's done, click verify.**

**9. PULL THE CHIP FROM THE PROGRAMMING ADAPTER AND INSERT IT TO YOUR MBHP_CORE.**

**10. from here, there is plenty of other documents on the wiki describing the next steps...**

     LINK: http://www.ucapps.de/mios_bootstrap.html

other forum posts that were helpful in this research...

  http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,11754.0.html -- discussion of me starting to build a MBHP_CORE
  http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,9831.0.html - discussion about HVP versus LVP
  http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,10050.0.html - another discussion about HVP versus LVP