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Thanks for all the good information people gave me on Assemblers and such. After poking around on the net, I downloaded Microchips MPLAB. It looks really great, and I was able to create and step throught the sample code. I noticed the Microchip has a built-in C compiler (MPLAB-C). Is anybody using this? Is it the same as the CCS C Compiler? If I buy a copy of the compiler, should I get it from Microchip, or from CCS? Also, the microchip simulator, I assume, uses a PC as the CPU (siumlation of a pic chip), with some sort of device probe which plugs into the target circuit. Is any body using this, and does it work well? Does it handle things like RS232 (is it fast enough), inturrupts and such? I couldn't find a price on it, where can I get one, and how much do the cost? TIA Randy spam_OUTrandywTakeThisOuTcolubs.com

Randy Walsh wrote: > > Thanks for all the good information people gave me on Assemblers and such. > > After poking around on the net, I downloaded Microchips MPLAB. It looks > really great, and I was able to create and step throught the sample code. > > I noticed the Microchip has a built-in C compiler (MPLAB-C). Is anybody > using this? Is it the same as the CCS C Compiler? If I buy a copy of the > compiler, should I get it from Microchip, or from CCS? It is not the same the same. Microchip use a licensed version of the Bytecraft compiler, but it is VERY outdated. The back-up service offered by Microchip on MPLABC *stinks*. MPC (the Bytecraft compiler) has come a long way, and bugfixes are done immediatly unlike Microchip's (Hey Microchip! Yoohooo! Helloooo!) quick turnaround six month service. > Also, the microchip simulator, I assume, uses a PC as the CPU (siumlation > of a pic chip), with some sort of device probe which plugs into the target > circuit. Is any body using this, and does it work well? Does it handle > things like RS232 (is it fast enough), inturrupts and such? I couldn't find > a price on it, where can I get one, and how much do the cost? The PICMaster emulator is one of the truly good development tools made by Microchip. It is ouch-expensive, but it generally pays itself off in a jiffy. The simulator runs from MPLAB, the IDE used for the PIC. -- Friendly Regards Tjaart van der Walt .....tjaartKILLspam@spam@wasp.co.za _____________________________________________________________ | Another sun-deprived R&D Engineer slaving away in a dungeon | | ASP International http://wasp.co.za | | GSM and GPS value-added applications | | Voice : +27-(0)11-622-8686 | Fax : +27-(0)11-622-8686 | |_____________________________________________________________|