Thank you. Your answer answers the question from my CTO. hobbyist v commercial. Your use case make perfect sense for a hobbyist.
We know the file format. I will discuss with my CTO and see what he thinks. On Monday, 14 November 2022 at 20:21:56 UTC pinhe...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks for the offer, Evan > > I am a hobbyist, so it is not for commercial use. > > I was looking for a solution in the form of a small program written in VB > or whatever language, producing an EXE file which, once called from a bat > or cmd would generate a SQTP file following the Microchip format, and > containing the current date and time. That file is then passed as a > parameter to PK3cmd. > > My goal is only to have the date and time at which the PIC was programmed. > > The memory region may vary (EEPROM, Top of Program memory, top of HEF....) > and could also be a parameter > > See file format : https://microchipdeveloper.com/ipe:sqtp-start > > > Le 14-11-22 à 19:03, 'evan....@googlemail.com' via jallib a écrit : > > We may be able to help. > > PICKitPlus has a set of features in the PK+Gang Programmer that covers > this. But, that is expensive. > > We can add to our base software this SQTP capability. > > Questions: Is this commercial usage? And, where is the value written to? > (Which memory area ?) > > You can ping me directly so we can get you involved in any development. > > Evan > > > > On Saturday, 12 November 2022 at 13:40:56 UTC pinhe...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> Whenever it's possible, I use a TL866 programmer with the MiniPro >> programming software. >> >> One function I really like about that software is the ability to generate >> and write auto-serial numbers (which in itself is nothing special, because >> known as SQTP in MPLab IPE). >> But one of the possible choice of format for those serial numbers is the >> current date and time. >> You also have the choice of the memory in which program it (EEPROM, Top >> of Program memory,....) See attached screenshot >> >> Unfortunately, newer PIC's are not supported by TL866, and then, I have >> to use my PicKit4 with MPLab IPE. >> >> But MPLab IPE does not support this usefu function. >> >> Does anyone have the knowledge of a way I could achieve this, may be with >> a batch file generating the date and time and use it as parameter for the >> command line of PK program ? >> I am not fluent enough in writing batch or cmd files to achieve this, so >> if anyone could help.... >> >> Thanks in advance >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "jallib" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to jallib+un...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jallib/2db227b3-fa15-4a43-a997-c6c6c3f307den%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jallib/2db227b3-fa15-4a43-a997-c6c6c3f307den%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jallib" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jallib+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jallib/50440e1c-2248-4d09-972b-60ba43bdc7f1n%40googlegroups.com.
