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Mike M from Chelton Avionics in Northern Arizona
I have the PicKit2. Works great, but another hidden benefit is that the purchase gives you access to Microchip's Technical Support. Any questions or problems are quickly resolved.
+1 for PicKit 2
It also has a built in UART tool and Logic Analyser that has saved my bacon on a few occasions !
Also support for future devices is going to be a lot better than any of the 3rd party programmers.
Bill.
Microchip often have special prices on their programmers on fairs and exhibitions too, I bought my pickit2 for roughly 1/3 of the normal price at a fair.
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