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PICKIT-3 Programmer Tricks

When I first bought this old buddy, I thought it was dead, corrupted or something wrong there. But then, I figured it out after some late nights that it still work flawlessly with even latest MPLAB X IDE/IPE 6.20 on Ubuntu 24.04.1, even when USB Tools keep showing errors about some libusb_AccessLink_xyz not found. So lemme save you a day of googling ;)

1. Old firmware :

It does work flawlessly with Pickit-3 Programmer Standalone 3.10 Application but doesn't on MPLAB X IDE/IPE 6.20+.

• This is because yours was flashed with old firmware/os/bootloader version from the seller, they tend to share/pre-flash it with this v3.10 program firmware so it can be recognized easily with it.

Solution :

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How to setup PlatformIO & CH32 on Ubuntu 24.04.1

1. Setup

• Don't use sudo apt install platformio but if you did, try sudo apt remove platformio before proceeding further.

• Install python-venv :

  sudo apt-get install python3-venv
  

• Install PlatformIO :

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{
    "workbench.startupEditor": "none",
    "workbench.activityBar.visible": false,
    // "workbench.editor.showIcons": false,
    

    "editor.fontSize": 13.7,
    // 3 columns section of Line-Number
    // "editor.lineHeight": 26,   
    // "editor.folding": false,

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Create a page in the current dir
echo "Init server..."

# Start server
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000 &> /dev/null &
pid=$!