pic 16LF84A-04P Help

Hi guys ive joined this forum to see if i can get some help

what my issue is i have barcrest fruit machines and inside there workings on the program board they have a pic chip which is a security chip that only lets the board play when the code is accepted and there game specific so unless you get one from the same game card none others will match

The issue is barcrest are now no longer and real fruit machines are becoming a thing of the past... so when these security pic chips break or blow there is no way to get any replacement...

there is one man i have been in contact with who has managed to crack the security on the chips but he dont want to share how or produce them himself

can anyone help how would you even start to learn

any advice would be great

many thanks

Yeah i suspect so i just would like to learn but who do you learn from lol

You could start by reading the datasheet for the PIC16F84A.
You can get it at https://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/en/PIC16F84a
 
You make no mention if you have any programming or electronics experience yourself. That determines where you need to start.

markus19
Ok thanks thats a diffrent chip though is it not

No, it is the same chip. The "LF" just specifies the low voltage version, and "-04P" is the speed grade and package specification. They are all "PIC16F84A" chips.

Lol not alot last weekend i burnt some ram clear files to emproms and erased some with a uv box but thats about all

So no experience at all writing programs. You have years of learning to do it yourself, or find yet another experienced person to do it.

Would there be anyone on here capable of making the chips do you think

dan1138
The Barcrest company may appear to be no more, but it seems that brand name is still the property of International Game Technology PLC.
 

It appears they were then onsold to "Scientific Games" in 2011.
 

Scientific Games dont make any real fruit machines they have no interest in the old cabinet machines

So what is your point?
You have come onto this forum, asking how to do something that is potentially illegal.
You plainly don't have the skills to do it yourself, and no-one here is offering to do it.
 

use spend all your time on these threads reading people problems but dont offer any help sharing your knowledge so why do you even spend your time on here... i just dont get it im not talking about you personally im talking about forums across the board

Dont have to be aa quick fix but no one is interested in helping me