2010/2/22 Ruben J=F6nsson <ruben@pp.sbbs.se>:
> I had an ICD2 which I managed to destroy (blew the buffer circuits I thin=
k) so
> I bought an ICD3 to replace it. In one of my projects I use an 12F629 whe=
re the
> MCLR pin is used as a digital input. The ICD2 happily programmed and
> reprogrammed the chip (even though MPLAB complained about that this was n=
ot
> supported) but the ICD3 could not reprogram it after it had been programm=
ed
> once. Worked OK with the PICKIT2 though.
>

For PIC12F629/675/16F630/676, the best programmer is PICkit 2,
or the old PICKit 1. Nothing beat PICKit 1/2 in this particular case
(internal MCLR and internal RC oscillator). They can even recover the
calibration bits for you.

For other PIC programmer I used, I still think PM3 is the best
programmer but I have not used it since 2006. It has the
built-in ICSP module with better driving capability than the
PICkit 1/2/3 or ICD 2/3 or Real ICE. It also has the console
driving programming utility.

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