Pickit standalone application

[Yves]

Hello all,
Is the standalone application for pickit3 to flash also works for pickit4? I find MPLAB so slow and bulky to load and is a real pain if you just want to flash from a positron HEX. Is anyone has experience the excellent stand alone program with Pickit4? If not where the pick4 standalone program can be downloaded?

Yves

[diebobo]

U might consider using the command line util for this. Then u can program the Pic from the original IDE or another one... U also might consider another programmer, Pickit after 2 are verrrrrry slow in an hobby envirioment..  I got an Northern Software programmer and it programs really big HEX files in seconds.. Their example comparison calculations are correct..

[tumbleweed]

Is the standalone application for pickit3 to flash also works for pickit4?

No.

MPLABX IPE is the programmming application for using the PICKit4, PICKit5, or other new tool.

There is a command-line version (IPECMD) that lets you use any of the programmers.
It's a java-based program so it's not exactly speedy.

[Yves]

I'm sorry guys, I was simply asking if the stand alone pickit3 program will work with with the PicKit4 dongle. Maybe some one in that forum has tested it already.

[ricardourio]

Hi Yves,

     If you are referring to MPLab IPE as standalone application, the answer is yes, it will work "fine" with PicKit 3 or Pickit 4. (PS:"fine" because for me it is some of worst software that I know)

Ricardo Urio