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part 0 44 bytes his is a multi-part message in MIME format. part 1 528 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed (decoded 7bit) After a lot of looking on the web I am looking Into buying the following items from Mikroelektronika. EASYPIC3 It has a programmer on board. so that means I would not have to buy a programer which could cost from $30 to $100. It appears to be a good board for learning. www.mikroelektronika.co.yu/english/product/tools/easypic3.htm MIKRO BASIC compiler Does any one have any experience or knowledge of these Items or company? any problems with support or delivery to the USA? part 2 391 bytes content-type:text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; (decoded 7bit) begin:vcard fn:Robert I. Nelson n:Nelson;Robert I. org:RIN Designs adr:;;P.O. BOX 373;RIPON;WI;54971;USA email;internet:spam_OUTrindesignsTakeThisOuTcharter.net tel;work:1-(920)-229-7152 tel;home:1-(920)-748-7443 note;quoted-printable:Custom design and building of small electro mechanical devices.=0D=0A= AUTOCAD work ver2002 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard part 3 35 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset="us-ascii" (decoded 7bit)

"R. I. Nelson" > After a lot of looking on the web I am looking Into buying the following > items from Mikroelektronika. > EASYPIC3 > It has a programmer on board. so that means I would not have to buy a > programer which could cost from $30 to $100. > It appears to be a good board for learning. > www.mikroelektronika.co.yu/english/product/tools/easypic3.htm > MIKRO BASIC compiler > > Does any one have any experience or knowledge of these Items or company? > any problems with support or delivery to the USA? I have the EasyPIC2, a really nice board. I'm thinking about getting an easyPIC3 because it has a few new nice features (replaceable crystal and GLCD for example). I use mikroPascal, but internally it uses the same compiler, so the discussion is still valid. I found it twofold: while it is not as mature as some other compilers, it has very nice libraries in it. For example, I did a logger using CF+FAT in less than 10 lines of code. I started using it since version 2 (now is 3.4 or 3.0.4, I don't remember), and they try to fix any major bugs that come up. I'm a software engineer and my main experience is with delphi, and their IDE is very similar to Delphi and very easy to use. I had no delivery problems when I bought my kit. Although I read a few people complaining about delays in their forum. Seems like they have a stock here in the US already, so we don't have to wait for overseas shipment. Cheers Padu

R. I. Nelson wrote: > After a lot of looking on the web I am looking Into buying the > following items from Mikroelektronika. > EASYPIC3 > It has a programmer on board. so that means I would not have to buy a > programer which could cost from $30 to $100. > It appears to be a good board for learning. > www.mikroelektronika.co.yu/english/product/tools/easypic3.htm > MIKRO BASIC compiler It's not exactly the same thing, and there are definitely tradeoffs to think about, but my EasyProg kit and QuickProto-01 together cost less than the item you mentioned above. See http://www.embedinc.com/products for details. ****************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, (978) 742-9014. #1 PIC consultant in 2004 program year. http://www.embedinc.com/products

The EASYPIC3 looks really nice, but I started just with a solderless breadboard and a serial bootloader and it worked fine. If you can afford it get an ICSP programmer too. On 11/21/05, Olin Lathrop <.....olin_piclistKILLspam@spam@embedinc.com> wrote: {Quote hidden}> R. I. Nelson wrote: > > After a lot of looking on the web I am looking Into buying the > > following items from Mikroelektronika. > > EASYPIC3 > > It has a programmer on board. so that means I would not have to buy a > > programer which could cost from $30 to $100. > > It appears to be a good board for learning. > > www.mikroelektronika.co.yu/english/product/tools/easypic3.htm > > MIKRO BASIC compiler > > It's not exactly the same thing, and there are definitely tradeoffs to think > about, but my EasyProg kit and QuickProto-01 together cost less than the > item you mentioned above. See http://www.embedinc.com/products for details. > > > ****************************************************************** > Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, (978) 742-9014. #1 PIC > consultant in 2004 program year. http://www.embedinc.com/products > -

Hi, I have ordered the EASYPIC3 as well as the Basic compiler from them, and from the latest e-mail, it should arrive here in the US some time at the end of this month. I ordered it in the middle of October. I will let ou know when I receive it, if you would like to know. John {Original Message removed}

John S. Colonias wrote : > I have ordered the EASYPIC3 as well as the Basic compiler > from them, and from the latest e-mail, it should arrive > here in the US some time at the end of this month. > I ordered it in the middle of October.,, I just must ask... Are they using "surface mail" ? Or did they have some availablity problem ? Do you know the actual shipping date ? If I ship something (from Sweden) on a Monday, it usualy arrives in the US by the end of the week. Jan-Erik.

Probably because it is a new product. When I bought the easypic2, it took just a few days for it to be delivered. They had a stock of boards in the US. Padu ----- Original Message ----- From: "John S. Colonias" <jcoloniasKILLspamcaselogistix.com> To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <.....piclistKILLspam.....mit.edu> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 1:44 PM Subject: RE: [PIC] PIC Development tools > Jan-Erik > > My order was shipped on Nov.11. They said it will take 1-3 days to get > thru customs and 7-18 days to receive it in the US. > > John > > > > {Original Message removed}

> They said it will take 1-3 days to get thru customs plausible > and 7-18 days to receive it in the US. - that is a bit long (to put it mildly) - the order is a bit strange to: I suppose it would first have to go to the US, and then pass through customes Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: http://www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products docent Hogeschool van Utrecht: http://www.voti.nl/hvu

There is a quite active forum for these boards,and limited (but useable)versions of there own BASIC and C compilers are on the CDROM that ships with them,the sample code is fairly uninspiring however.The boards seem of very high quality.for the price you get a good deal. {Original Message removed}

A number of you have been talking about EasyPIC3 boards. I am a distributor of these boards, and I am giving up working with this company. They may have a good product, but getting their products is like having a root canal. They are totally unreliable in their delivery time, in answering email messages, and in technical support. I believe that the problem is that they are swamped with orders, which, due to limit production capacity, they can't deliver. -- View this message in context: www.nabble.com/-PIC-PIC-Development-tools-t593457.html#a2489596 Sent from the MicroControllers - PIC forum at Nabble.com.