

It takes only ~20 seconds to do the same thing on a PK2. Between all the waiting, it takes me probably 5 to 10 minutes to set up a single PK3 for P2GO. It takes another 30 seconds or so to setup p2go. It takes another 30 seconds or so to connect after you hit "connect." If you don't wait for step 3, connection will fail and will take like 45 seconds before you can try again.

After plugging in the PK3, it takes about 30 seconds before you can successfully connect. At 45 seconds, the output window says "finished loading IPE software" 3. So my original time estimates are pretty accurate on my Win7 comp. I think once I have used MPLAB 8.x, once, the damage is done. It only works reasonably spiffy after a clean reboot of my computer it seems. Here's an update on some of my previous posts IPE is still slow as molasses. - Supports low voltage to 2.0V(2.0V - 6.Been using PK3 for quite a bit, now.- Firmware upgradeable from PC/web download.- Built-in over-voltage/short circuit monitor.- MPLAB IDE compatible (free copy included).- USB (Full speed 12 Mbits/s interface to host PC).Specification of PICKit 3 Offline Programmer: Some features of PICkit 3 are Patch design, SMD reflow soldering processing, more stable and reliable product quality. PIKCit3 has begun to support WIN7 system.

This PICkit 3 have high download speed and USB connection stability than ICD2. The MPLAB PICkit 3 is connected to the design engineer's PC using a full speed USB interface and can be connected to the target via an Microchip debug (RJ-11) connector (compatible with MPLAB ICD 2, MPLAB ICD 3 and MPLAB REAL ICE). Flash microcontrollers point using the powerful graphical user interface of the MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE). PICKit3 is a low cost in circuit debugger (ICD) and in circuit serial programmer (ICSP). PICKit 3 Offline Programmer debugger is a official and very powerful programmer cum debugger for Microchip PIC series of microcontrollers.
