When I first bought this old buddy, I thought it was dead, corrupted or something wrong there. But then, I figured it out after some late nights that it still work flawlessly with even latest MPLAB X IDE/IPE 6.20 on Ubuntu 24.04.1, even when USB Tools keep showing errors about some libusb_AccessLink_xyz
not found. So lemme save you a day of googling ;)
It does work flawlessly with Pickit-3 Programmer Standalone 3.10 Application
but doesn't on MPLAB X IDE/IPE 6.20+.
- This is because yours was flashed with old firmware/os/bootloader version from the seller, they tend to share/pre-flash it with this v3.10 program firmware so it can be recognized easily with it.
Solution :