> Hello all

> As a newbie to the PIC I am looking for a C Compiler and dev tools. In=
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the
> uk there is a company selling these called Forest Developments they ha=
ve
> compilers and dev environments.

> Does anyone have any experiance of these products as I have no way of
> knowing if they're any good or not !

Russel, I've been using the FED PIC C system for over a year now.  It wa=
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pretty shaky at first but they kept working on it and improving it.  Now=
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it has blossomed into a rather nice product, so nice that I decided to=20
purchase the PIXIE software from them as well.  I am just finishing a 64=
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contact closure encoder/decoder project over a 485 link with it. One=20
thing that has helped me alot is the external LCD simulation.  So I gues=
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you could count me in as one who would recommend it.  On the other hand =
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probably wouldn't have much success with C on the PIC if I did not first=
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use MPLAB with assembly.  Using MPLAB and assembly will force you to=20
learn the chip in more detail and provide a good knowledge base before=20
moving to a higher language.

Jason Mielke
Chief Engineer, CBNT
WCLO/WJVL  WBKV/WBWI  WFHR/WGLX  WRJN/WEZY
jay@linuxforbroadcasters.com
www.linuxforbroadcasters.com

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