On Wed, September 7, 2011 8:32 am, Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> I think this decision (to use similar API for PICkit 3) is probably
> good for the MPLAB developers. But it is probably part of the
> reason why PICkit 3 sucks, at least initially. You have a much
> lower end hardware trying to share the same API as the faster
> brother. For example, downloading firmware for a different
> PIC family in case of ICD 3 is quite fast, in the case of PICkit 3,
> it is not as fast and was error prone, at least last for quite some
> time after release.

In terms of speed- don't forget that the PICKit3 is USB full speed (12Mb/s
signalling), and the ICD3 and REALIce are USB high speed (480Mb/s).  Not
only does it allow you to program faster, but it allows you to transfer
debug data back and forth faster.

Matt Bennett
Just outside of Austin, TX
30.51,-97.91

The views I express are my own, not that of my employer, a large
multinational corporation that you are familiar with.
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