On Nov 27, 2007 5:24 PM, Tamas Rudnai wrote: > Hi Tino, > > (Just realised there were no PIC tag so just added and hopefully more people > will see this thread) > > In my understanding there were two conclusions on that thread: > > 1. PicKit2 is better programmer than ICD2 - still not a production > programmer though One of the reasons why I say this is in the following thread. http://forum.microchip.com/tm.aspx?m=277310 The other reason is that the connector is easier to use than ICD2's. The third reason is that you do not need to change OS. ICD2 is also said to have some grounding issues. > 2. PicKit2 getting better and better on debugging capabilities and is quite > comparable to ICD2 right now - still does not (and probably never will be) > like ICE. PICkit 2 is still lagging in terms of debugging capability . But Microchip is working on it. Some debugging for PIC24F will be added in MPLAB 8.01 due out soon. http://forum.microchip.com/tm.aspx?m=293750 Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist