I have no problems with my pickit 3 and it works with mplab 8.92 and mplabx. Are you trying to power your project from it? MIchael On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Clint Jay wrote: > Pickit2 is my preference, I seem to have more issues with unable to > connect and power problems with pickit3. > > Always take some fiddling to get it to work whereas the 2 just works in > MPLABX, MPLAB or standalone. > > On 28 Jan 2017 18:40, "Michael Johnston" > wrote: > > > I found a PIC Kit 3 on ebay a year ago for 20 bucks and came to 30 > dollars > > once I paid shipping. I would guess you dont like MPLABX right? Well I > said > > the same thing and i have played with a little and I think its really > good > > now. my two cents Michael Johnston > > > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 12:31 PM, John J. McDonough > > > wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 2017-01-28 at 09:58 -0800, Bob LeDoux wrote: > > > > Anyone have an opinion of the best PicKit 2 clone available? I am > > > > not > > > > interested in a PicKit 3. > > > > > > I have to ask, what is the advantage of a PICkit 2 over a 3? Cheap P= k3 > > > clones are available all over, and it is supported by the latest IDEs > > > and supports more PICs. > > > > > > PICkit 2 designs seem to be available; seems like a person could roll > > > his own. > > > > > > --McD > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > > View/change your membership options at > > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .