What are the differences between the MPLAB® REAL ICE™, MPLAB® ICD 3 and the PICkit 3?
Feature
(Clickable Links)		 PIC10F
PIC12F
PIC16F		 PIC16F1x PIC18F dsPIC30F PIC24F PIC24H
dsPIC33F		 PIC32MX

PICkit 3

ICD 3

Real ICE
Trace Data & Program Flow ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✔
Runtime Watch ✘ ✔ ✔* ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✔
Software Breakpoints ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
Break on Address or Data Match ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
Break on Data Fetch or Write ✘ ✔* ✔* ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
Pass Counter ✘ ✔* ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
Stopwatch ✘ ✔* ✔* ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
WDT Overflow ✘ ✔* ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
Run, Halt ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Single Step ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Hardware Breakpoints 1 1-3 1-3 1-4 1-6 1-6 1-6 ✔ ✔ ✔
Peripheral Freeze on Halt ✔* ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

* Does not apply to all members of family

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