= pickit =
Programmer for Microchip  microcontrollers.

Link for pk2cmd https://github.com/psmay/pk2cmd

Connector pickit2 to USB and use the command
 * pk2cmd -PPIC16F689
to check if the uC is on the pickit2 board

dmesg output after connecting pickit2 in Slackware 14
{{{
[ 4575.020360] usb 1-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 8 using ehci_hcd
[ 4575.108973] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=04d8, idProduct=0033
[ 4575.108991] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 4575.109004] usb 1-1.2: Product: PICkit 2 Microcontroller Programmer
[ 4575.109047] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Microchip Technology Inc.
[ 4575.109061] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: Ð
}}}

SDCC compiler http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/