I would love to post (to
http://www.piclist.com
) a conditional assembly template that allows development on '877 then one
define change and compile for target. Please let me know if you make such a
thing and wish to release it.

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From: pic microcontroller discussion list
[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Quentin
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 11:45
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: PIC ICD


Can anybody say synchronicity?
On my way back from a customer today I was thinking the same thing. He
needed a quick fix for a simple problem and I reckoned a 12C508 will do
the job just fine, ready by tomorrow. Not being in the mood for pipe
lining a few 12C508 JW's through the mill, I though why not use ICD with
the F877 to develop and then convert for the 12C508.
I "INCLUDE" another .inc file in my main .ASM in which I declared my
registers for the F877 and use "#DEFINE" for the I/O bits and flags.
After testing my code on the ICD demo board I copied the main body over
to an 12C508 template. All I had to do was to rewrite the .inc file and
Voila!, 3 hours later I had a working 12C508, much quicker than pipe
lining JW devices would give me.
So this got me thinking that this type of development has some valid
points and if time permits me, I will look into developing a standard
for myself doing this kinda thing in the future with other (non ICD)
PICs.
Anybody up for the challenge?

Quentin