----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Newton" <jamesnewton@massmind.org>
To: <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 3:57 PM
Subject: [PIC] PICKit3 Device Compatibility list?


> I've spent hours now pouring over the Microchip.com site and looking at 
> all
> the options, but I'll be darned if I can find a list of the devices
> compatible for programming or for debugging with the PICKit 3. 
> Specifically,
> I want to find out which uC's are supported for ICD and which require an
> adapter.
>
> The ultimate goal is to find a good range of uC that can all be debugged 
> in
> circuit with the cheapest possible setup and are pin compatible so one kit
> board can be populated with a uC cost and code space appropriate for the
> many different jobs the board can support. E.g. a very low end uC can
> replace a basic 555 pulse generator for testing stepper motors with 
> switches
> for "faster", "slower", "start/stop", and "axis/dir" where a much higher 
> end
> uC would be needed with the same switches to support multi-axis,
> multi-waypoint, position programming with speed ramping and position 
> change
> triggering. In that later case the same buttons would be "axis/dir",
> "step/ramp", "save/next", and "prog/run" or more likely, setup from a PC.
>
> The kit board will support a range of activities including whatever you
> might imagine could be done with a small LCD panel, switches, low 
> resolution
> analog inputs (temp, voltage, high side current, etc...), serial/USB/RF io
> to a PC (possible opto-isolation), pulse generation and measurement, 
> stepper
> driver breakout, etc... It will replace 3 different PCB's I currently sell
> and add a number of new possibilities at the same time.
>
> One of those possibilities is to sell it as an educational kit for use 
> with
> the PICKit or other low cost debugger, and for that, I need to know which
> chips can be supported by the debugger at the lowest possible cost. And so 
> I
> need to know which are supported without an adapter, and that... I can't
> seem to find.
>
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> James Newton
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>
>
James,

While not really a definitive list, do the tables in the Device and Feature 
Support section of the user's guide help provide enough info for you to get 
started?
http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/PICkit_3_User_Guide_51795A.pdf

Richard


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