Sorry this question may be stuped but, I bought
https://www.olimex.com/Products/PIC/Development/PIC-LCD/
and my question is - can i program this board whit
https://www.olimex.com/Products/PIC/Programmers/PIC-PG1/
I have never programmed a microcontroller so I'm not sure that is going to work
Hey kik0,
This would depend very much on your operating system. Generally PIC-PG1 works fine with older computers (that still have a free COM/RS232)and Windows XP or Linux. PIC-PG1, however, doesn't work with MPLAB natively - you would have to write the code, then compile a binary, then upload the binary through another program. You will also be unable to debug in real time. Now if you have to do only once it won't be a problem but if you make 50 changes to the program and each time you want to test it will slow you down a lot.
If you are a beginner I recommend you to get a better/more expensive programmer/debugger initially. For example, a good debugger/programmer is: https://www.olimex.com/Products/PIC/Programmers/PIC-KIT3/ (https://www.olimex.com/Products/PIC/Programmers/PIC-KIT3/) - it works with older and newer MPLABs fine, and MPLAB is a well-documented and widely used software IDE. It is also free.
Best regards,
Lub/OLIMEX