Sounds good to me Aaron - you would make it freeware would'nt you :)))
Great idea. With my limited abilities the lack of analog io in mplab
makes things a little difficult at times.
rob



        Modular simulation: Thoughts of a drunken programmer
   Date:
        Tue, 29 Jun 1999 23:16:45 -0500
   From:
        Aaron Martin <amartin@TEXAS.NET>



Sitting here please with myself for getting my development environment
finally up, I can up with an idea:

Consider that someone(people) develope or taking existing simulation
software of a PIC 16xxx.  This software
mearly drives I/Os, A/D, etc.. but only to the point of the pins on the
chip, no further.
Further, consider exporting a Windows API (say, a DLL) which allows the
developer to "ATTACH" modules which
can be wired up to the module, where they can connect to pins, and by
default connect to the clock (so they can match
timing, and work (or break) accordingly).  An example could be as simple

as an LED,LCD, thermostat, etc.

Next, consider that DLL has the ability to input to be driven with a UI,

for example a thermostat may allow you to change
the temp by moving a slider... an LED may have no inputs, and a LCD may
display... All are driven through the input pins
and use native x86 (or whatever cpu) code to display the results, which
can be modeled against the CLOCK thats being
driven in.

The result:   A representation of a PIC where modules can be plugged in
without actually existing, but code can be developed
real-time for it...
        Just an idea,
            Aaron