PICKitPlus is outstanding. We now can program multiple devices simultaneously, quickly and reliably using the PICKitPlus command line utility running on a common PC (using PICKit2 or PICKit3 programmers). We could not program multiple devices at these speeds with the Microchip software - and we tried with ICD3, ICD4, PICKit3 etc. Most impressed with product and the technical support - which resolved all our queries extremely quickly.
This is a wonderful upgrade to my trusty old PicKit software which has been abandoned by Microchip and replaced by MPlabX which is bloated, slow, and buggy. I can now quickly program newer Microchip parts again, thanks so much!
Needed something to help me program newer PIC devices rather than use unreliable MPLAB - took a punt on this and it's working flawlessly!
A great update of the abandoned standalone Microchip programming software for the PICkit 2 to add support for newer 8-bit device families (the program includes new programming scripts - it's not just an update of the data file to add new devices).
PICKIT 3 Programmer and Emulator Microchip PICkit 3 programmer and emulator for PIC microcontrollers. The unit runs from MPLAB IDE (MPLAB 8 or X versions) or can be run from separate programming software.
Pickit 3 Software Download
