2.1 MPLAB PICkit Basic In-Circuit Debugger Advantages

The MPLAB® PICkit™ Basic In-Circuit Debugger provides the following advantages.

Features/Capabilities:

  • Connects to computer via high-speed USB 2.0 (480 Mbits/s) cable.
  • Powered through USB cable. Cannot power target; target must be powered from its own power supply.
  • An 8-pin SIL programming connector and the option to use various interfaces.
  • Programs devices using MPLAB X IDE or MPLAB IPE.
  • Works with many Microchip PIC, dsPIC, AVR, or DSC devices, including 32-bit microcontrollers such as SAM, CEC and PIC32 devices. For details see the MPLAB X IDE Device Support List.
  • Supports 4-wire JTAG, Serial Wire Debug, UPDI, PDI, SPI programming, debugWIRE and TPI programming.
  • Backward compatibility for demo boards and target systems using 2-wire JTAG and ICSP (In-Circuit Serial Programming).
  • Supports multiple hardware and software breakpoints, stopwatch and source code file debugging.
  • Debugs your application on your own hardware in real time.
  • Sets breakpoints based on internal events.
  • Debugs at full target MCU speed.
  • Configures pin drivers.
  • Adds new device support and features by installing the latest version of MPLAB X IDE (available as a free download at http://www.microchip.com/mplabx/).
  • Indicates debugger status via the Active and Status LEDs.

Performance/Speed:

  • No firmware download delays incurred when switching devices.
  • 32-bit microcontroller using an Arm® Cortex®-M7 core running at 300 MHz.

Safety:

  • RoHS, CE and China E compliant.
  • Supports target supply voltages from 1.2V to 5.0V +/-10%.
    Note: PICkit Basic cannot power the target.