On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Olin Lathrop <olin_piclist@embedinc.com> wrote:
> Matthew Rhys-Roberts wrote:
>> Xiaofan Chen wrote:
>>> A simpler way is to dump ICD2 and buy the US$35 PICKit 2. It
>>> has a console version pk2cmd which does what you want. As
>>> a programmer, PICkit 2 is way better than ICD2. Firstly it can
>>> control target Vdd. Secondly, you can get good support from
>>> the PICKit 2 developer from Microchip Forum. Thirdly, it
>>> supports non-MCU device like serial EEPROMs and other
>>> Microchip device.
>>
>> This is very interesting. We may take a look at this as & when
>> production throughput gets a bit busier.

Hmm, I do not know this is for production. For production, I
will not recommend PICkit 2 or ICD2. At least one should go
for Microchip PM3.

Take note I only subscribe to [PIC] and [EE] now. I do not even
know that Matthew is the OP. The first message under
[PIC] is from Gerhard (replying to Mauricio Giovagnini).

> I know this sounds self serving, but the PicKit2 is really not appropriate
> for production use.

As I said, if I knew this is for production, I would not recommend
PICKit 2.

My take on USB PIC programmers.
http://mcuee.blogspot.com/2007/12/usb-programmers-for-pics.html

Even ProProg/PM3 are only good for low volume mass production.
For higher quantity programming (higher throughput), people
should consider off-line Gang programmer or vendor provided
pre-programming service.

Xiaofan
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