News - new package
10th April 2011

A new package has been released. Check the downloads section.
A list of changes compared to previous versions follows below.

- Regard this package as a release candidate, there may be a bug or two still present. - Uninstall old version first or install into a different directory

ds30 Loader engine 2.0.0

• New feature: compatible with ds30 Secure Loader, see ds30loader.com
• Bugfix: last PIC24F config word is detected
• Bugfix: reset command for CAN ports
• Bugfix: displays correct application address for PIC18 devices
• Bugfix & improvements in PIC16 goto handling
• Improvement: timing resolution for reset and polling
• Improvement: process priority is raised when reset time is lower than 100ms
• Improvement: hex file parsing performance
• Improvement: config handling for PIC18FJ and PIC24FJ
• Improvement: slightly decreased write time for most devices
• Improvement: device is reset also when only checking for boot loader
• Improvement: major code rework/improvement

ds30 Loader GUI 1.4.0

• Bugfix: gui appeared to hang when checking for bootloader when web content was unreachable
• Bugfix: not all versions showed up in the about window when the started from a different directory
• Improvement: settings for PCAN, Vector and serial ports are stored at the same place as settings.xml
• Improvement: minor improvements
• Improvement: more info in the info window
• Improvement: performance of graphical memory display
• Improvement: dtr and rts can be toggled in terminal
• Improvement: compatible with ds30 Secure Loader, see ds30loader.com
• Change: download is renamed to write
• Change: source is closed

ds30 Loader console 1.0.2

• Improvement: added CAN options

ds30 Loader serial port 1.0.4

• Stores settings file in user directory

ds30 Loader IXXAT port 1.0.2

• Improvement: performance

ds30 Loader Kvaser port 0.9.2

• Improvement: performance

ds30 Loader PEAK port 0.9.1

• Improvement: displays channels that are available but in use by other applications

ds30 Loader Vector port 1.0.2

• Bugfix: settings are properly loaded
• Improvement: works even when init access is not granted

Firmware PIC12F & PIC16F 1.0.1

• Bugfix: BRG16 was broken
• Improvement: supports uart 2
• Improvement: sends unknown command
• Improvement: PIC12 support
• Improvement: support new PIC16's that has no eeprom

Firmware PIC18F 2.0.4

• Bugfix: devices with pagesize != 32 words
• Bugifx: bootloader protection was calculate wrong on PIC18F devices with 64 byte pagesize
• Bugfix: receiving non hello command on start-up caused long delay
• Improvement: merged PIC18FJ firmware
• Improvement: increased range of timeout values
• New feature: auto baud rate detection
• New feature: compatible with ds30 Secure Loader

Firmware 16-bit devices 4.0.0

• Change: a single firmware for all 16-bit devices
• New feature: discard non hello characters
• New feature: separate hello and data time-outs (only for UART)

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