On Wed 26 Mar, Andrew Warren wrote:
> Ken Dougal <slm5g@cc.usu.edu> wrote:
>
> > While running MPLab's "animate" debugging feature, I wondered how
> > fast it might be running.  Would it be comparable to maybe a 100 Hz
> > clock? Any guestamates?  Just trying to get an idea for how fast a
> > 4Mhz clock might be.
>
> Ken:
>
> For MPLAB-SIM to run in "animate" mode at the same speed as a 100 Hz
> PIC, it would have to execute 25 instructions per second.
>
> I don't know how fast YOUR computer is, of course, but mine doesn't
> go anywhere near that fast.  I think a closer estimate would be 10-20
> Hz or slower.

Of course, on the same machine, MPSIM (you know, the discontinued DOS
version) is a *lot* faster than MPLAB, and it also does more screen
updates in Execute mode than MPLAB does.

Frank

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