On 8/11/06, Howard Winter <HDRW@h2org.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Looking on the Microchip web site today, I noticed a new PICkit 2
> product:  "DV164121 - PICkit 2 Debug Express"  for the same price as the
> "Starter Kit".
>
> The description doesn't really say much about what you get, but the photo
> shows the PICkit 2 itself plus a board which isn't the Low Pin
> Count demo board, but the picture isn't big enough to see what it
> is.  Shipping date is the 1st of September.



This is on the Microchip website under the product information for PicKit2:

I quote:

PICkit=99 2 Debug Express enables in-circuit debugging on selected
PIC(r)microcontrollers. In-circuit debugging runs, halts and single
steps the
> program while the PIC microcontroller is embedded in the application. When
> halted at a breakpoint, the file registers can be examined and modified.
> The PICkit 2 Debug Express includes a development board with Microchip's
> 44-pin PIC16F917 Flash microcontroller. *Owners of the PICkit 2 Device
> Programmer (PG164120) may wish to purchase the new 44-pin demo board
> (DM164120-2) for evaluation.* This starter kit gets you up to speed
> quickly using PIC(r) microcontrollers and provides everything needed to
> program, analyze and develop applications. Instructions are provided in a
> series of twelve lessons that cover I/O, interrupts, A/D converters, data
> tables and timers, with an additional lesson covering debugging features.
> All source code for the lessons are furnished.
> PICkit 2 Debug Express offers MPLAB ICD 2 style debugging integrated with
> MPLAB IDE featuring these functions:
>
>    - Program
>    - Reset
>    - Run
>    - Halt (immediate and single breakpoint)
>    - Single step
>    - Animate
>    - Examine/change registers and variables
>
> *Features of PICkit 2 Debug Express:*
>
>    - PICkit 2 Starter Kit with CD documents, lessons and source code,
>    without the low-pin count demo board
>    - 44-pin demo board with PIC16F917 mid range PIC microcontroller
>    - FREE! Microchip's MPLAB IDE software for a complete code
>    development environment
>    - FREE! HI-TECH PICC=99 LITE C Compiler (contained on the MPLAB CD)
>    - FREE! CCS PCB=99 Baseline C Compiler (Installed with MPLAB v7.41 or
>    greater)
>
>

Was this what you where looking for or am I an idiot? :-)

Sean
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