This is a low-cost development kit with an easy interface for programming Microchip’s 8/14-pin FLASH family of uC. You can speedily program, evaluate and develop applications using this.
PICkit 1 Flash Starter Kit of Microchip
It is a basic kit for the ardent Microchip PIC fan, it helps him in programming his PIC chip over the USB too. 
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Some features of the PICkit 1 FLASH Starter Kit are
- Small circuit board with snap-off prototyping append board.
- Easy Programming interface for FLASH family of uC.
- Microchip’s MPLAB IDE software to create your code.
- Seven sequential tutorials, Assembly and HI-TECH C.
The Micro Stop – RS232 and microcontroller schematics and C code, a lot is free!
RS232 DVM-001 Voltage Input Board in Kit Form or Fully Assembled and Tested
Source Code of Example – Source Code for PIC Book by Myke Predko
123 PIC MCU Experiments for the Evil Genius – by Myke Predko
More at the PICkit 1 FLASH Wiki Page