Hello,
I have started with a "small" project that I fear is a bit to difficult just to get beginning.
In my home a have several Wifi floor heating thermostat devices. (From China)
The devices uses the PIC16F1947 chip and a Broadlink WT1SBSL.
These devices has a proprietary software that uses a cloud server and a app to control the device.
This is something I don't want, and I was looking into programming these myself and making something that could work with MQTT or something similar.
I got myself a PICkit3 (PG164130) and tried to connect to the device. (Since I found some pins that seemed to go to the correct pin on the PIC16F1947 I wanted to try)
But I always get a "Failed to get Device ID" or a "Target Device ID (0x0) is an Invalid Device ID".
So reading the http://microchipdeveloper.com/dtda:invalid-device-id about common causes it looks like it could be either or all.
I'm neither that steady or experienced with a soldering iron to remove the chip and then program it.
Of course I could get myself a device that is already capable of doing what I want, but that is not any fun for a tinkerer.
Pictures are uploaded here: https://imgur.com/a/GEQ2665
What would you guys/gals suggest?
\Jak