PIC MICROCONTROLLER IN-CIRCUIT DEBUGGER AND PROGRAMMERPIC-ICD2 debugger and programmer is completely replacement of Microchip's original MPBA-ICD2 and with it you can do everything you can do with the original MPLAB-ICD2. PIC-ICD2 is a low cost, real-time debugger and programmer for selected PIC® MCUs and dsPIC® DSCs. Programs can be downloaded, executed in real time and examined in detail with the debug functions of MPLAB. Set watch variables and breakpoints from symbolic labels in C or assembly source code, and single step through C source lines or into assembly code. PIC-ICD2 can also be used as a development programmer for supported MCUs. The secret behind In Circuit Debugging is two dedicated hardware lines (microcontroller pins used only during debugging mode) that control In Circuit Serial Programming™ (ICSP™) of the device and, afterwards, debugging through proprietary, on-chip firmware. The ICD 2 debug features are built into the microcontroller and activated by programming the debug code into the target processor. There is some shared overhead expense that includes one stack level, some general purpose file registers and a small area of program memory.
FEATURES:

USB (Full Speed 2 M bits/s) interface to host PC
Real time background debugging
MPLAB IDE GUI (latest release available for free download from Microchip's web site)
Built in over-voltage/short circuit monitor
Firmware upgradeable from PC
Light plastic enclosure
Supports low voltage to 2.0 volts. (2.0 to 6.0 range)
Diagnostic LEDz (Power, Busy, Error)
Reading/Writing memory space and EEDATA areas of target microcontroller
Programs configuration bits
Erase of program memory space with verification
Peripheral freeze-on-halt stops timers at breakpoints