need mcu reading/writing

[petehall347]

brain dead garden tractor ,, pic16f871-i/l mcu and plug in too ..
anyway here goes .tried mcu from different revision board and its gives a strange readout on the led thingies . so will have to wait till one comes in thats same revision .
what i want to know if someone has the kit and knows how to do it will do it for me ?
in case you wondering its from a c series countax ride on mower ..

[stj]

Re: need mcu reading/writing

well a programmer is cheap, £10-40.
dont you have a tl866 or similar?

but the chips are probably protected from being read out.

[petehall347]

Re: need mcu reading/writing

yes i did wonder about the read protect . programming isnt in my job description . i did read the data sheet and it spun me out .
it is rather annoying when i am asked to see if i can fix these things and its a software issue that is holding me back . got me thinking that i need a programmer to write a program that does what it should it do . not much involved really . its just an hours counter and rpm monitor and other stuff like service due and maybe deck height . shit like this is second nature for some folk but not me . it could be but no way am i going there . i could thinking about it redisgn it a little bit and do away with the digital display like they used to be . cutting grass is getting far too complex for my liking .