Quote Originally Posted by Jasonstew View Post
how do you compile to hex with microstudio and would you recommend i just use another power supply instead of the pickit 2? thanks again
PICKit2 works great with MCS, you would start the pickit software and start MCS, set the PICKit2 to auto import the hex file named for your project, then each time you recompile in MCS it will automatically reload the hex and reprogram the PIC. I use those Demo boards sometimes and they work well within their limitations. I doubt the Demo version of PBP will allow you to do very much in the way of programming a pic unless you are very clever to optimize your code. BTW for the demo board use the PICKit2 power is adequate, it is short tolerant in that it will crash and protect your USB, at least it does mine. It allows you to select the PIC's operating voltage too.