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First off I know exactly what is wrong with both programmers and I don't know that I'm interested in repairing them. I was taking this oppritunity to "upgrade" to something a little more robust. While the JDM worked well it became a problem when I was prototyping due to the reasons websmith gave.
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For the price I don't think you can beat a PicKit2,the Icd2 is 4 times the price.It really depends on what you want a programmer or debugger which the pickit2 now does(limited)
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Well I've never done any debugging so this is all new to me. To be honest I'm a bit fuzzy on how ICD2 works.
I'm really looking for the best value, PICKit2 might be the best of both worlds...thats why I'm asking.
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Pickit 2 is really fine. I said it often here. <50$ for a USB programmer, well supported and made by Microchip. O.K. work only in ICSP, but come on, if you want to build your own Ziff socket adapter, it's not a big deal. You could often hack to already made one (olimex if my memory serves me well).
Can't be cheaper than this for a well supported Programmer witch already beat the supported device list of most(see all) freebies ones,
Oh sure the ICD is limited, but do you really need it? Could a simple serial communication or a LCD could do the same job? Well to me, this solution is working almost daily.
Go for it!
Steve
It's not a bug, it's a random feature.
There's no problem, only learning opportunities.
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It's just a hobby for me too and I kicked the same question around for a long time and decided I could always buy an ICD2 later but I need a programmer first even though my 16Pro40 still works like a charm it didn't do some of the chip's i wanted so I got a pickit2.All I can say is it work's great and it's a steal compared to some of the other programmers out there for the same or more money,the best part is it's USB.I think Mister E could fill you in on an ICD2 better than me so I leave at that and hope I've helped a bit.
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I won't push anybody to buy an ICD2 if not needed. I buyed it in the past ONLY because Picstart didn't had 18F4550 in their list and Microchip said to me that they haven't plan to include them. And while my BK844A was out for repair, i decided to buy an ICD2. used it few time, never used the ICD feature (or maybe 1-2 times) and now, he's gathering dust.
As long as the Pickit 2 device list fit to your need and you don't want to spend too much money, it's probably the smartest choice.
I buyed Pickit 2 for curiosity first. Wanted to know how good a <50$ programmer could be. I'm impressed.
Steve
It's not a bug, it's a random feature.
There's no problem, only learning opportunities.
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I was impressed with the package of goodies that came with mine,sure you can download mplab but it's nice to have it and datasheets on a cd that's handy and beside's there's 20 or so free icd2 plans out there only problem is you need to program the chips.here's one icd2 clone with an adapter board for a zif socket and hex files everything you need to make it
Try this one
Last edited by bbarney; - 6th February 2007 at 21:42. Reason: re-uploaded zip file
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zip seems to be corrupt. Winzip doesn't like it. I will try it at home.
Last edited by DynamoBen; - 6th February 2007 at 23:39.
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