The issue has come up that developing with a PIC can be a bit costly
unless you don't mind coding a flash part over and over until it
works with maybe some assistance from MPSIM.

I must admit we have the ICE etc here at work but poverty is upon me
at home for such toys.
Up till recently I have either developed my own projects at work
during my time or limited my development to 16f84 and used MPSIM and
coding over and over until it worked.

I have not long ago taken delivery of the new ICD.
Of course the ICD only works for the 16F877, which my present
home-project happens to be based on but I intend to use the ICD to
develop code for other PICs and port across when the bugs are worked
out. I figure by the time the A/D, interrupts, spi code etc are
working the rules applying to different PICs wont be too hard to work
around.
Specifically I have in mind the 12C672.
At US$150 for an ICD this seems a reasonable way to go.

Anybody have any better ideas?


Lance Allen
Uni of Auckland
New Zealand