The PICKit 3 is Microchips latest programmer / debugger for their range of Microchip microcontrollers. We only sell and recommend offical programmers from Microchip. The PICkit 3 allows debugging and programming of PIC, PIC16, PIC32 and dsPIC microcontrollers using the powerful MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The MPLAB PICkit 3 is connected to a 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/ 3 and MPLAB REAL ICE). The connector uses two device I/O pins and the reset line to implement in-circuit debugging and In-Circuit Serial Programming. miniUSB cable included.