I did not know that the PICkit2 logic tool had so many features.Also the stand alone Pickit 2 program has the 3 ch logic analyzer and Logic I/O as well as the programmer.
http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/PICkit 2 Logic Tool User Guide.pdf
Max.
Thanks for the friendly advice. But I just wanted to make my own programmer and feel the thrill in making one.+1
Get a genuine Microchip PICkit2 or 3. Whatever you spend on it will be repaid over and over in the time you don't spend screwing around with flaky or inconsistent development tools. Avoid the cheap Ebay clones for the same reason.
Thanks for the warmly welcome.Nope, and don't you do it either, especially if this is your first time using a PIC.
Even a baseline programmer like the PICkits have a debugger built in, which allows you to watch your code running and check register values (and even change them) on the fly.
Building a programmer is possible. I’ve done it myself, but I have tons of experience with these parts and several different programmer/debuggers to choose from on my bench.
And welcome to the furums!