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== PIC18F2220 notes ==

During the last run on viperpits a very specific problem with the PIC18F2220 chips used in the daugterboards surfaced.

The chips do not start up after a power on reset and programmed with the current firmware.
The reason of this is a hardware change in the chips by microchip.
The chips now have a revision id of 6 and in the combination of config switches used in the current firmware this problem occurs.

Microchip offered a workaround for this in the Rev.C silicon errata sheet and this results in setting two config setings different.

In the original firmware these settings are:<br /><br />
CONFIG  _CONFIG1H, _IESO_OFF_1H & _FSCM_OFF_1H & _HSPLL_OSC_1H<br />
CONFIG  _CONFIG2L, _PWRT_ON_2L & _BOR_ON_2L & _BORV_20_2L<br />

If the chip does not start up and the revision number is 6 change this lines to te following:<br /><br />
CONFIG  _CONFIG1H, _IESO_ON_1H & _FSCM_OFF_1H & _HSPLL_OSC_1H<br />
CONFIG  _CONFIG2L, _PWRT_OFF_2L & _BOR_ON_2L & _BORV_20_2L<br />

A more in depth explanation of this workaround and prepared hex files will be made available on a separate website dedicated to the phcc project.<br />

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