Instructions About Making ICD2 ------------------------------ 1. Purchase the parts and assemble the ICD2 board. 2. Install Microchip's MPLAB-IDE on your PC. (the newest version is MPLAB-IDE v7.22, available from http://www.microchip.com). 3. Using another PIC programmer to burn the bootloader (BL010101.HEX, found under MPLAB-IDE folder) into the on-board controller (PIC16F876 or PIC16F877). Remember, the fuse should be set to 0x3F3A. Note: You can use PIC16F876A or PIC16F877A. But the bootloader is different! 4. Put the controller onto the ICD2 board, and connect it PC. Then turn on power. 5. First time running the ICD2, MPLAB-IDE will download the Operating System to it (the bootloader will support the downloading). 6. Start MPLAB-IDE on the PC, click Debugger or Programmer tab. Choose ICD2 as the tool, and run 'MPLAB ICD 2 setup Wizard ...'. Remember, you need to choose serial port COM1 (or COM2, COM3 ...) as the communication port. And also, you need turn off the FIFO capability on that serial port. Note: when first time after turning off the FIFO buffer, you need to restart the PC to make the configuration effective. 7. Click and run 'Connect' and 'Download ICD2 Operating System' options.