Re: Learning PIC - where to start?

Charles wrote:
"Jon Kirwan" <jonk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:03d4q4h135jjp2a1jucoo7o2dfnvd19726@xxxxxxxxxx
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:02:00 -0500, "Charles"
<charlesschuler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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http://www.mikroe.com/en/tools/easypic5/
Charles, do you know much about this board? I just looked it over and
it is feature-rich. But one of the things that seems to really be a
problem is the mikroICD. It appears that it may only work with their
own software tools (not good, in my case) and I can't even tell if I
can use assembly coding only with it. They specify the compilers, but
not the assembler. Also, if I were to use it to program target boards
I make where I write my code using Microchip's C compiler, would that
be possible? I haven't yet seen a definitive answer, but what I have
seen concerns me a lot about that.

I evaluated it (only based on bang for the buck) for a company that was considering entering the PIC development market. When we looked at its features and cost, we decided to run away!

The LCD could be a problem. I don't have any more to offer about that or other possible problems.

The value still impresses me. I would try one if I were developing PIC products.


I noticed that all microcontroller pins are brought out to IDC header pins. This would allow using Microchip's development tools for programming the chip while retaining the features of the development board.

Stephen D. Barnes
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