PICkit 2 Starter Kit
The PICkit 2 Starter Kit contains a PICkit 2 Microcontroller Programmer and a PICkit 2 Low Pin Count Demo Board containing a PIC16F690 PDIP for getting started with programming baseline and midrange flash microcontrollers. PICkit 2 takes advantage of Microchips Full-Speed USB device, thereby significantly speeding up development programming. The PICkit 2 Low Pin Count Demo Board supports 8-, 14-, and 20-pin PICmicros. In addition to the PIC16F690, the board comes with 4 LEDs, a pushbutton, and a pot. Also included are 12 lessons to help get developers up to speed quickly on programming PICmicro MCUs Debugging and Using In-Circuit-Debug (ICD) Headers.
Many midrange devices and all baseline devices require an ICD header to enable debugging. Other midrange, all PIC18F and all PIC24/dsPIC33 devices may be debugged directly using the ICSP programming interface. The ICD header is a small PCB that includes a ‘-ICD’ version of the microcontroller, and plugs into the DIP socket footprint of the part on the target board.
Note that the AC164110 RJ-11 to ICSP adapter is required to connect the PICkit 2 to an ICD header.
Features
- Low pin count demo board supporting 8/14/20-pin mid range PIC microcontrollers
- 20-pin PIC16F690 Midrange microcontroller
- Note: Requires the AC162061 ICD Header and AC164110 adapter to debug.
- A series of 12 Lessons on assembly programming that cover I/O, A/D converters, timers, interrupts, and data tables (All source code files are provided)
- Getting Started in PICBASIC PRO tutorial on developing and debugging in BASIC with a FREE microEngineering Labs PICBASIC PRO™ Demo Compiler (contained on the PICkit 2 CD)
- HI-TECH PICC LITE C Compiler with MPLAB IDE.
- MPLAB IDE software for a complete code development environment
- Easy to use Windows programming interface for programming Microchip’s Flash family of microcontrollers
- UART Tool software for direct serial communications with a microcontroller RX/TX pins through the PICkit 2.
- Logic Tool software for simple logic signal stimulus and monitoring, with a 3-channel logic analyzer.
- PICkit 2 Programmer-To-Go support for programming devices without a PC.
- A FREE version of the CCS PCB C Compiler for Baseline PIC MCUs (contained on the MPLAB CD). The PIC MCU devices included with the kits above are Midrange or PIC18 devices and thus not supported by this Baseline compiler.
- USB interface cable
Ships With
- PICkit 2 Development Programmer
- Low pin count demo board with 20-pin PIC16F690
- PICkit 2 Starter kit CD ROM
- MPLAB IDE (Integrated Development Environment) CD ROM
- Software and Hardware "Tips 'n Tricks" for PIC Microcontrollers
- USB Interface Cable