In my opinion, this kit is the best suit to start with 16 bits Microchip processors, from PIC24 to DSPIC. The ICD3 is able to program any microchip processor, so can be used more than only for this Explorer 16 kit. Let me first introduce ICD3, next Explorer 16, my rating, and finally a 3 minutes video to see demo program.
The header connectors are just plain nonsense, easy prototyping is out completely !
They should have included a .1 header connector, also the LCD module should be removable and the PIC18F4550 must come preprogrammed with the Pickit2 firmware, this is a dev kit not a production board.
Also I hope they replace that horrible and expensive DB9 connector with an FTDI or MC USB/Serial device.
bejius 1 year ago