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What battery pack to buy

 

Hi,

I am making an obstacle avoiding robot which uses Tamiya Twin-Motor Gear Box (http://www.robotshop.ca/tamiya-twin-motor-gearbox.html) which has two FA-130 motors. Maybe I will add lcd, leds, etc. in future. So what battery pack should I buy. There are different types of battery packs available at http://www.pololu.com/catalog/category/54

Which one would serve the purpose, and would be usable for future use. 

PICKit 2

Hi,

I recently bought PICKit 2 Starter  which has a Programmer and Low Pin Count Demo Board containing PIC16F690. I was wondering if if will be to possible to program any other PIC chip (lets say PIC16F886) with this programmer. And would I be able to use the board with PIC16F886 chip. I should have just got PICKit that comes with PIC16F886.