We will be using two programmers, Olimex’s PICStart+ compatible PIC-MCP-USB programmer, and Microchip’s PICkit 2. Both programmers have been tested to work with the three chips used here.

Since, you can safely power the mini development board (at this time) by the PICkit™ 2 Microcontroller Programmer itself, remember to switch off the mini development board’s power supply during ICSP ...

As we discussed in our PIC programming with Linux tutorial, the PICkit 2 really is far superior to its replacement, the PICkit 3.

The low-cost PICkit 4 in-circuit programming and debugging development tool is meant to replace the PICkit 3 programmer by offering five times faster programming, a wider voltage range (1.2 to 5 V ...