James Newton wrote:
> I considered buying a PICKit 3 out of pocket just to see if it would
> work, but I think, based on your experience and the comments of
> others, that I will wait and try to save my pennies for an ICD2 or
> ICD3.

James, you are really going a long way around to avoid the simulator.  What
exactly is going into and coming out of this PIC?  Most people that think
the simulator can't help with their project don't realize how flexible the
stimulus facility is.  Yes, the user interface is needlessly squirrely, but
it's also quite capable.  You haven't explained why you don't want to try i=
t
other than you "don't like" simulators, which is no answer at all.

If inputs can be simulated well enough (and most likely they can), then the
simulator is the best debugger of all the choices in MPLAB.  It's fast, it
gives you access to everything, it has trace back capability, it doesn't
skid on breakpoints, and it can have a unlimited number of breakpoints.

If you're not familiar enough with the simulator to think of it as a tool t=
o
use whenever it's appropriate then it would be worth spending some time
getting there.  This sounds like the perfect project to do that with.  Give
us some more info, and we can help with that.

> Why is the 2 more expensive than the 3?

Because it's older maybe?


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