"Oppie" wrote in message
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"Martin Riddle" wrote in message
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The ICD2 is RS232 and USB. It has its own micro inside, so Its not a
direct link to MPLAB.
The ICD2 also has its own driver to load to work with MPLAB.
I made the Tait programmer and used Davids software for 16F parts. For
the 18F parts I purchased the ICD2 and use the demo compiler.
Programs fast, but debugging is a little slow. (wish they had more break
points)

Cheers


Hi Martin,

We used the ICD2 for several projects with the same observations. Last
year Microchip released the Real ICE which has unlimited breakpoints and
runs fast. Cost is $500 - a drop in the bucket as far as professional
salaries go...
http://microchip.com/stellent/idcplg...ame =en028120

The tech support on the link above isn't worth wasting any time with, they
have no intention of supporting third party programmers and suggested I buy
a PICKit 2 but CBA mentioning the price or how/where to order in the UK,
also on downloading the PICKit 2 datasheet it appears to be SMT only which
is no use to me.