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Step 5Flash Microcontroller
Kits and PIC's Purchased Here, come programmed and ready to use. Just carefully plug it in, lining up the dot on the MCU with the notch in the 20-pin socket, ensuring all the pins line up, then press it in firmly.
If you have a blank PIC18F14K50 or want to be able to flash the firmware, there are 2 options.
- Program the chip in an external programmer and insert it into its socket, remove to reprogram if necessary.
- Or a ICSP header can be attached to the bottom of the PCB, using some wires to connect the proper solder pads to the PIC's ICSP headers, and use that to program and reprogram.
Check everything over well, a short could damage the Host Computers USB bus. All solder joints should be shiny.
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