PICKit 2 vs. PICKit Serial Analyzer

[Chipguy]

Hi !

I got the PICKit Serial Analyzer today and of course:
Don't turn it on, take it APART ! 



Opening that it became obvious that the PICKit Serial Analyzer is the same as a PICKit 2 minus the flash chips and some miscellaneous circuity, maybe the programming voltage generation.

I think in EEVBlog #39 Dave mentioned that the PICKit2 can also be used as an Analyzer.
So I think I got ripped off, sort of.
I wonder if I could have got yet another PICKit2 and uploaded the Analyzer firmware.

Looking forward to hear about your experiences with that one.

Cheers,
Chipguy

[22swg]

I had 2 PK2's and one turned belly up so 'invested' in a PK3  with PIC16fs this was little used, carried on with PK2 ... now moved on to PIC24s and have 2 PK3 ( price drop recently) and use the PK2 mostly as serial analyzer. would like to repair the PK2 but to sure which bit its dead.

[dannyf]

Pickit2 all the way here,

programmer, serial analyzer and logic analyzer. It does everything other than toasting my bread,

Too bad for Microchip that it abandoned pickit2.