Power (green) - Power is supplied to the PICkit3 via the USB port. The Status LEDs indicate the status of the PICkit3. You will see at the console some info of the device configure and the calls of device if it is available.See the Picture for reference Output.

Connect your Pickit2 (for now we will not attache any Arduino this is just a test) Click Tool -> Burn Bootloaders.

Lets try our Pickit2 if it is detectable.

Home> Tutorials> Microchip> PICKIT 2 Pinout. Refer to the MPLAB X IDE User's Guide or online hel Attach the communications cable between the debugger and target board. Connect the MPLAB PICkit 4 to the computer using the supplied Micro-B USB cable. The USB cable is used to interface the PicKit 3 with PC and CD consists of the driver for your windows to recognize the PicKit 3 When you purchase a PicKit 3 you will also get an USB cable, CD and header pins along with it.

Meaning the PIC can be programmed with only 2-wires (2-pins) PGD and PGC excluding the power pins.

See Microchip PICkit2/Info for more details (such as lsusb -v output) about the device

The Microchip PICkit2 is a programmer/debugger for PIC microcontrollers, but it can also be used as a general purpose I/O device, virtual COM port, or 3-channel logic analyzer (up to 1MHz samplerate, 1024 samples memory depth, hardware/firmware trigger support).

See its pinout diagram in the datasheet and connect the PICkit2 lines as follows: Function PICkit2 ZIF (your PIC)-Reset VPP (1) MCLR + Power VDD (2) All pins marked VDD, AVDD - Power VSS (3) All pins marked VSS, AVSS Data PGD (4) PG

This depends on the target PIC you wish to program in this socket.

Conﬁgure your language tools in the Properties dialog by clicking the language too Conﬁgure the debugger by right clicking on the main project and selecting Properties. Use the New Project wizard (File>New Project) to create a project, or open an existing project (File>Open Project).

In-Circuit-Debugging runs, halts and single steps the program while the PIC microcontroller is embedded in the application With Microchip's powerful MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE) the PICkit™ 2 enables in-circuit debugging on most PIC® microcontrollers.PICkit™ 2 Low Pin Count Demo Board User's Guide (DS51556) Consult this document for instructions on how to use Microchip Technology's Low Pin Count device (8-pin, 14-pin and 20-pin).Home PICkit 2 pinout PICKIT 2 Pinout - HobbyTronic

Pickit 3 pinout to 28 pin pic