Access the software settings of 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers belonging to Microchip’s Flash family. It supports programming various functions, debugging and testing the existing ones, etc. In-circuit debugging is supported. Models like PIC10F, PIC12F5xx, PIC16F5xx, PIC12F6xx, PIC16F, and others are supported.
You could have downloaded PICkit2 2.61 from our software library for free. The most popular version among PICkit2 users is 2.6. PICkit2 lies within Development Tools, more precisely Debugging Tools. The PICkit2 installer is commonly called PICkit2V2.exe or _1CB2E263C7AD13FD2A2E59.exe etc. The actual developer of the free program is Microchip. This free PC program can be installed on Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11 environment, 32-bit version.
From the developer:
The PICkit™ 2 Development Programmer/Debugger (PG164120) is a low-cost development tool with an easy to use interface for programming and debugging Microchip’s Flash families of microcontrollers.
You may want to check out more software, such as Hoo WinTail or ChmDecompiler, which might be related to PICkit2.