John Chung wrote:
> I second ICD3

Or RealIce.  I have had to use a ICD2 a few times in the past, and it alway=
s
sucked.  RealIce is definitely better, although it would be really nice if
they could fix skidding for hardware breakpoints.

The best PIC debugging environment is still the simulator if your inputs ar=
e
simple and you can simulate them well enough.  Second is one of the real
ICEs, like the ICE2000 or ICE4000.  Unfortunately these are no longer
supported for new chips.  Third is the RealIce.

I think RealIce and ICD3 are mostly the same electronics, with the RealIce
having a few extra capabilities.  If you're doing this professionally, the
difference in price is noise, and you should go with the bestest tool
available.  Also if you're doing this professionaly, you likely don't pay
anywhere near list price for these tools.

The RealIce isn't bad, but the one thing it's not is a real ICE.  Despite
the pretentious and misleading name, it's a in-circuit debugger, just a
better one than the ICD2.


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