Greetings,

I'm looking to get a programmer and startup kit for midrange PICs to
give to my son as a gift. I have a serial programmer that I use, and so
can he, but the tools I've hobbled together has a bit of a learning
curve and it's used only with a serial port, and we could also use a USB
version here... I'd like to get him his own setup, with the least
possible room for programming or setup incompatibilities, and figure the
Microchip PicKit 1 or PicKit 2 would be best, and at $35 and $49, the
price is right.

My leaning is towards the PicKit2. Any thoughts on either for my
'educational' gift giving? He's in high school and has some Lego
Mindstorm experience. How are the lessons that are included with it? Is
it an easy to use programmer? How about included language(s)? I don't
get much for a description from the Microchip Direct listing - more of a
teeny marketing blurb.

Thanks in advance,
Skip


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