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TC2030-MCP-10 · RJ12 Cable for Microchip ICD, 254 mm (10″)

Product information "TC2030-MCP-10 · RJ12 Cable for Microchip ICD, 254 mm (10″)"

Short description

Like TC2030-MCP — six contacts on the board, RJ12 modular plug at the programmer — but 254 mm (10″) instead of the standard length.

Connections

Side Pins Connector Pitch
Board (Tag-Connect) 6 Footprint TC2030, with Legs 1.27 mm (0.05″)
Debugger 6 Modular plug RJ12 (6P6C) —

Pin assignment: mirrored — contact 1 on pin 6, contact 6 on pin 1 — the full table is in the "Technical data" tab. Assignment measured by us — not yet documented by the manufacturer.

Compatible: Microchip programmers with an RJ12 socket — ICD 3, ICD 4, PICkit 3, PM3.

Not, or not directly, compatible

  • 6-pin, 2 × 3, 2.54 mm (0.1″): TC2030-IDC
  • 6-pin, single row, 2.54 mm (0.1″) — Microchip PICkit 3/4/5: TC2030-PKT
  • 10-pin, 2 × 5, 1.27 mm (0.05″) — Cortex connector, e.g. Keil ULINK2: TC2030-CTX
  • 10-pin, 2 × 5, 2.54 mm (0.1″) — e.g. PEmicro Multilink, USB-Blaster: TC2030-ALT
  • 14-pin, 2 × 7, 1.27 mm (0.05″) — STDC14, e.g. ST-LINK V3: TC2030-CTX-STDC14
  • 20-pin, 2 × 10, 1.27 mm (0.05″) — Cortex with trace, e.g. Keil ULINK Pro: TC2030-CTX-20

Easily confused: Check your device for a telephone-style socket.

Important note

254 mm (10″) exceeds Microchip's specified maximum cable length of approx. 200 mm (8″) — officially not supported by Microchip. Per Tag-Connect, this hasn't caused known problems in practice: Microchip only specifies the cable length, not the actual trace distance between the RJ12 connector and the microcontroller — the compact TC2030 footprint lets you place the ICD connection close to the MCU.

In use with these devices

Microchip ICD4 · Microchip ICD 3 · CCS Programmers · Targets: Microchip PIC, PIC32, dsPIC (PIC ICD/ICSP)

What counts is the connector, not the device name: compare the connector on your device with the table above. If it carries a different one, the route goes through an adapter board.

Variants

TC2030-MCP-NL-10 — no legs. TC2030-MCP — standard length (150 mm, 6″). TC2030-IDC — IDC variant.

Bauform: Legged

Pin assignment

RJ12 Signal TC2030
1 NC / LVP 6
2 PGC (ICSPCLK) 5
3 PGD (ICSPDAT) 4
4 GND 3
5 VDD 2
6 MCLR / VPP 1

The order is mirrored: contact 1 of the footprint sits on pin 6 of the modular plug. The signals are Microchip ICSP — if you know the TC2030 footprint from the ARM world, note the difference: ground is on contact 3, not contact 5.

Assignment measured by us — not yet documented by the manufacturer. The measurement was taken on the TC2030-MCP; this article has the same cable internals.

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Accessories

The Tag-Protect cap in grey polymer, fitted over the spring pins of a Tag-Connect cable.
TAG-PROTECT-6 · Protective Cap for TC2030 Cables

Protective cap for the 6-pin TC2030 cable family (Plug-of-Nails™). Protects spring contacts, steel guide pins and — where present — retention tabs during storage and transport.

Regular price: €5.00
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The green demo board carrying every Tag-Connect footprint side by side — six, ten and fourteen contacts, each with and without the holes for the legs.
TC-FOOTPRINT-PCB · Demo Board for Tag-Connect Footprints

Demo board carrying every Tag-Connect footprint size, for comparison before laying out your own board — 6-, 10- and 14-pin, each with and without legs, plus the EC-10 Edge-Connect™ footprint.

Regular price: €2.00
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Hersteller: Tag-Connect, LLC, 433 Airport Blvd, Suite 323, Burlingame, CA 94010, USA. Tel. +1 877-244-4156 · support@tag-connect.com

Verantwortliche Person in der EU (Art. 19 GPSR, da Hersteller ohne EU-Niederlassung):

Collion GmbH & Co.KG
Am Schmiedlacker 56, D-84028 Landshut
Tel. +49 (871) 2066-1000 · info@collion.de