Thank you all for patiently answering my question.

I have decided to buy the Debug Express, and I plan to build a
removable ZIF socket too.


On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Funny NYPD <funnynypd@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Most of the PIC18Fs and some PIC16Fs support ICD. There is some low-pin number base family need a special converter-board for ICD. For  those PIC18F chips with internal oscillator, you can probably just use a breadboard or Zif to program and debug some codes.
>
>  We never buy the converter-board for 12F508, just program the chip and see how it goes. So far, it works great.
>
>  Funny N.
>  Au Group Electronics, New Bedford, MA, http://www.AuElectronics.com
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>  ----- Original Message ----
>  From: Christopher Head <chead@telus.net>
>  To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. <piclist@mit.edu>
>  Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:32:41 PM
>  Subject: Re: [PIC] Confusion over PICkit 2 Starter Kit and the Debug Express
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>  Hi,
>  Just a comment in case the OP doesn't realize this, but you don't *need*
>  the Debug Express version in order to do in-circuit debugging with the
>  PICkit2. All PICkit2s can do in-circuit debugging, even the bare
>  programmer without any demo board at all (that's what I bought). You
>  might not be able to do ICD on the non-debug-express demo board (I don't
>  know), but you *can* use the PICkit2 for ICD on your own circuits.
>
>  Chris
>
>  Xiaofan Chen wrote:
>  [snip]
>  | If you need the debugging functionality, you should get the debug
>  | express version. I will think that is the better version out there.
>  | But some people like the starter kit since they can easily replace
>  | the chip (Through hole). Some of the people even soldered a
>  | ZIF socket on the starter kit.
>  [snip]
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