Hmm, I've not tried the OVMS lately, but I recently used the PICkit 2
to program a 5 V PIC board that was 4 times as big. When you use the
official Microchip PICkit software on Windows, it detects the PIC
model number and automatically selects the voltage, then powers the
board while programming. It's not production quality power for
reliable programming, but it should work.
Is there some special reason why the PICkit 2 cannot power the OVMS
V2 board? I recommend checking all of the settings on your PICkit
software.
Brian Willoughby Sound Consulting
On Oct 22, 2013, at 14:29, Tom Saxton wrote:
I'm not able to program the V2 board with the PICkit2 unless the
board plugged into the car to get 12V power, so I'd recommend the
PICKit3, which I'm assuming doesn't have this issue.I need to either build a cable to power the OVMS from a power
supply or order the PICKit3 from Fasttech. For now, my laptop is
living in the Roadster's passenger seat while I've been doing some
work on the charge time predictor.Tom