Take a hard look at the ICD2.  There aren't a lot of parts that need the
header, and most of them are parts you would be unlikely to use, anyway.
And besides, you want to program in-circuit, anyway.  But I can't disagree
with Wouter, either.  Get a Wisp or an EasyProg for next to nothing, program
a huge range of parts with the thing, and then when you run across the need
to program something else, you will have a much better feel for the
tradeoffs.

In fact, I would suggest you sit down right now, toss a coin, heads
EasyProg, tails Wisp.  Put the check in the mail in the morning, and get on
with working with the PIC.  In a couple, three, four years, you will need to
program something else, and then you will have learned a lot more, and
everything will have changed by then, anyway!

--McD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Pantoga" <jpantoga@gmail.com>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [PIC] cheap, trusty programmer?


> I was looking at the ICD2, but apparently you need header boards for
> some PICs., I was also looking at the PICStart plus, and although it
> is a little above what I was hoping to spend, I think it might be my
> best option.  Thoughts?
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