On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:28 AM, V G wrote: > So what /is/ an "in circuit emulator". Does it just simulate a pic? It emulates the real PIC, typically with a special silicon. > You're saying REAL ICE is just a higher end "in circuit debugger" like IC= D3? Correct. > I've heard good things about the ICD3 (but not as nearly as many things a= s > I've heard about the PICKIT3 and how bad it is). What would be your opini= on > on buying an ICD3? Definitely worth the money if you want to work with 16bit/32bit PIC24/dsPIC/PIC32. For our libusb-win32 project, I managed to get Microchip to donate one ICD 3 to the current developer (Travis Robinson) and he likes it very much. http://libusb.6.n5.nabble.com/A-final-thanks-for-the-contributions-td392927= 0.html We use USB PICs as the main test bed for libusb-win32/libusbk development, we also use 32bit USB AVR (AVR32) now that Atmel also donated some stuffs to us. :-) http://code.google.com/p/usb-travis/source/browse/#svn%2Ftrunk%2FBmFW --=20 Xiaofan --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .