> I believe there would be more discussions if developers got a chance to
> start learning about the dsPIC by using the MPLAB simulator. If you look at
> the available documents and never used DSP before you probably would not
> know what to discuss. You would probably be able to learn better with a
> simulator where you can test code and se what happens when you do this and
> that.
> DsPIC is what I have heard aimed to be used with a C-compiler. Easy to use
> with lots of libraries.
> I would not make an actual project in assembler with the dsPIC. But I would
> like to do testing with assembler to learn the core.
> I guess that there is much more than the dsPIC chip to be in place before we
> will see extensive discussion on the subject.
> I heard from a colleague who attended to Microchip Masters that they had
> done some testing with a new early beta version of MPLAB6 32bit.
> The first thing I want is a Beta version on MPLAB 6 so I can start to learn
> more about the dsPIC.
> The question is only when Microchip is ready to release beta of MPLAB6????
> The first version does not need to support any of the old PICmicro just
> something to learn about the dsPIC.
> I guess Microchip want to release the new MPLAB as bugfree as possible but I
> could accept a buggy MPLAB pre beta version just to be able to understand
> the available dsPIC manuals.
> You do not learn programming by reading books you need to make programs to
> learn.
> I have looked at the available documents and it looks like a darn good
> device but that is about as much as I have done.
> If I'm honest the dsPIC is more than I have needed before, but it starts
> making me dream of stuff that now/soon is possible.
> Maybe we can have a discussion of what the dsPIC can be used for?
> I saw a post from someone that wondered if a dsPIC could be used for MP3
> decoding and without any experience in MP3 decoders I would answer yes. Any
> comments?
>
> Niklas
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> Ämne: Re: [PIC]:No dsPIC interrest?
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> Eelco:
>
> Read throught the docs on the mChip site and then start a discussion here
> about
> and specific issues you find interesting/confusiong. I for one will be sure
> to chime in.
>
> I took several classes on the dsPIC at the Masters last summer and have a
> stack of documentation on it in a pile on the floor directly behind me as I
> type this.
>
> I don't want to get caught up in a 'what a wonderful chip this is when will
> we get it why isn't it out yet' kind of discussion.
>
> Bob Ammerman
> RAm Systems
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> > From what I have seen about the dsPIC at Mchip I think that the learning
> > curve of the dsPIC will be a bit steeper than the curve of the PIC so
> > preparing one self seems a logical thing to do. What good is it to have
> the
> > part in hand and not know what it can do.
> >
> > Regards
> > Eelco Deutekom
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> > | I don't believe the reason you see few dsPIC discussion (there have been
> a
> > | few) is because most, pehaps none of us have actually got the parts in
> > hand.
> > | Once they become widely available I am certain you will see much more
> > | traffic with regards to those parts. TTYL
> > |
> > |