The MPLAB ICD 3 with Explorer 16 Kit is a complete set of tools for application development using Microchip PIC24F, PIC24H, and dsPIC33 16-bit MCUs. It also includes a 9V universal power supply for the Explorer 16 Development Board, a PIC24FJ128GA010 and a dsPIC33F256GP710 device (mounted on plug-in modules for quick replacement).

Also included with the kit is Microchip’s MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE), MPLAB C Compiler for 16-bit devices Lite Edition, tutorials and user manuals on CDROM. The complete kit introduces the developer to Microchip's family of 16-bit microcontrollers with all the tools for writing code in C, hardware debugging the application, and programming devices.