In contrast to the original PICkit software, which doesn’t provide support for the newer 8-bit microcontrollers, PICkitPlus includes support for old chips and new chips alike.
The PICkitPlus software is a total replacement for the original PICkit 2 and PICkit 3 software, designed to facilitate programming of any 8-bit PIC microcontroller using a supported programmer (either genuine or clone). This resulted in the launch of the PICkitPlus software in 2018 by the PICkitPlus team. They released the source code for the Windows GUI software, making it possible for users to update and maintain it themselves.
In 20, Microchip stopped providing support for the PICkit 2 and PICkit3 software, respectively. Its successor, the PICkit3 programmer, was released some years later. The PICkit2 programmer was released back in 2005, and allowed the user to program and debug most of the 8 and 16 bit PIC microcontrollers and dsPIC controllers as well. Microchip’s PICkit2 and PICkit3 are both In-Circuit Debugger/Programmers, designed for programming and debugging Microchip PIC microcontrollers (and occasionally EEPROMs).
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