I have a Microchip ICD 1 in circuit programmer/debugger that I've been using for awhile now. My new computer only has USB ports unfortunately, and the ICD is only serial. I bought one of those Belkin USB -> serial port converters, but MPLAB doesn't seem to recognize the ICD. I've confirmed the correct port and speed settings. Is there something I'm missing? Does the USB->serial converter not handle all the handshaking lines, or ???
I need to get my project going, but really don't want to spend more money on another ICD if the one I have works fine (albeit with a regular serial port it seems)
Thanks!
Ron