Even though I think ICD2 is nice to have but I do not think
highly of it as a programmer. Maybe it is because I was using
Promate II as my first programmer. Maybe it is because I 
am now using 12F629 at work.

Personally I have worked with ICD2, PICkit 1 and Promate II 
(not any more though) at work and an self-made Wisp628 and 
another self-made Wisp628 with EasyISP firmware after work. 
I also tried a clone ICD2 before but it was not so good.

I like PICkit 1 the most for my 12F629 programming. ICD2 is simply 
not working for the particular configuration (internal MCLR and 
internal oscillator). Okay there is a hack for this but it is not
so elegant. For higher pin count parts, ICD2 is okay. For dsPIC,
now the only choice seems to be ICD2.

Another problem with ICD2 is that no standard-alone command line 
host program to support it and it is not cross platform (other than 
the still-not-fully working LPLAB which is only for RS232 connection
but is for both Win32 and Linux).

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Xiaofan Chen
R&D Engineer, Photoelectric Sensor Development
Pepperl+Fuchs Singapore
http://www.pepperl-fuchs.com
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