On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Forrest W Christian w= rote: > I've generally used the PICkit2 when using the microchip tools, and the > U40, when programming in CCS PIC-C. =A0 Unfortunately the U40 I have is > older, and doesn't program the chips I am now starting to work with... > so I have to share the pickit2 which can cause problems when I really am > working on both sides at the same time. > > My initial thought was just to buy a ICD-U64... but there are things I > really like about the PICkit2 - mainly that I can set it in auto-program > mode and it just writes the code to the device when it changes. =A0 I also > hear really good things about the programming speed on the ICD3, but not > so good things about the PICkit3 (so far - realize it will probably > improve with age). =A0 And, I've never dove into the whole third-party > clone options. =A0 So, I'm really not sure which option to choose. What are the PICs you are using? If you use bigger PICs like some PIC24/dsPIC33/PIC32, it may be good to go for ICD 3. If not, I think PICkit 2 is good enough. And you may be able to use pk2cmd within your CCS environment. Or you can use CCS C inside MPLAB and use PICkit 2 as the programmer. -- = Xiaofan http://mcuee.blogspot.com -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist