At 10:02 PM 12/20/01 -0600, you wrote:
>I'm looking for comments, good or bad, on people's experience
>with the MPLAB-ICD in-circuit debugger for the 87x series. Is it
>a worthwhile tool? How well does it work in a system designed for
>the 20MHz parts?

I was skittish before buying the kit that I have.

I do not regret it, although I have been having some minor instability
problems, sometimes the serial link needs to be reestablished & the PIC
reset.  I haven't used it in a while but it easily paid for itself in under
a week, in terms of quicker development & testing.

The other posts describe a few of the limitations but it is still a
worthwhile first or second PIC development tool, my first was the
PIC-Start.  If you do full time work for several months then the in-circuit
emulators may be worthwhile, but even then, starting with the ICD helps get
the bills paid until you can afford an ICE.

The ICD works well for clocks from DC to 20MHz.

Jeff

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