A set of 6 handy adapters and 2 cables:
- melabs programmers to 6-pin PICkit-style straight header
- melabs programmers to 6-pin, ICD2/3 modular connector
- PICkit 2/3 to melabs 10-pin header
- ICD2/3 to melabs 10-pin header
- melabs programmers to solderless breadboard
- melabs programmers to plated-thru holes
- melabs standard 1.75" 10-pin ICSP ribbon cable
- melabs 12" long 10-pin ribbon cable
With this set you can connect just about any Microchip programmer/debugger to
any target board with the melabs 10-pin header, as well as the reverse case of
melabs programmers to any Microchip target board with either the PICkit or ICD
style 6-pin connectors. Individual adapters can be connected in series for
special-case connections.
Some illustrations:
Programming Microchip's PIC18 Explorer
using an melabs U2 Programmer connected to the ICD jack:
![connection example](graphics/00000001/meadpt-u2-18expicd.jpg)
Programming Microchip's PIC18 Explorer
with an melabs U2 Programmer connected to the PICkit straight header:
![connection example](graphics/00000001/meadpt-u2-18exp.jpg)
Programming a device in an melabs 64TQFP
adapter using Microchip's PICkit3:
![connection example](graphics/00000001/meadpt-PK-64TQFP.jpg)
Programming the melabs 64TQFP adapter
using Microchip's ICD3:
![connection example](graphics/00000001/meadpt-ICD3-64TQFP.jpg)
An melabs 10-pin ICSP connection on a
solderless breadboard:
![connection example](graphics/00000001/meappt-BB.jpg)